CVE ID:	CVE-2007-3896
Description:	The URL handling in Shell32.dll in the Windows shell in Microsoft Windows XP and Server 2003, with Internet Explorer 7 installed, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary programs via invalid "%" sequences in a mailto: or other URI handler, as demonstrated using mIRC, Outlook, Firefox, Adobe Reader, Skype, and other applications. NOTE: this issue might be related to other issues involving URL handlers in Windows systems, such as CVE-2007-3845. There also might be separate but closely related issues in the applications that are invoked by the handlers.
Test IDs:	None available
Cross References:	Common Vulnerability Exposure (CVE) ID: CVE-2007-3896 BugTraq ID: 25945 http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/25945 Bugtraq: 20071003 0day: mIRC pwns Windows (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119143780202107&w=2 Bugtraq: 20071003 Re: 0day: mIRC pwns Windows (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119144449915918&w=2 Bugtraq: 20071004 Re: 0day: mIRC pwns Windows (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481505/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071004 Re[2]: 0day: mIRC pwns Windows (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481493/100/100/threaded Bugtraq: 20071005 RE: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481624/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071005 URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119159924712561&w=2 Bugtraq: 20071006 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119168062128026&w=2 Bugtraq: 20071006 Re[2]: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481664/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071006 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481671/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071006 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481680/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071007 Re: Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481881/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071007 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119195904813505&w=2 Bugtraq: 20071007 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481846/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071007 Re[2]: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481839/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071008 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481887/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071008 Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481867/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071009 RE: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/481871/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071009 Re: URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape, Miranda, Skype (Google Search) http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=119194714125580&w=2 Bugtraq: 20071011 M$ will fix URI? (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482090/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071014 Third-party patch for CVE-2007-3896 (Internet Explorer 7 invalid URI handling) available (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482292/100/0/threaded Bugtraq: 20071017 Re: Third-party patch for CVE-2007-3896, UPDATE NOW (Google Search) http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/482437/100/0/threaded Cert/CC Advisory: TA07-317A http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA07-317A.html CERT/CC vulnerability note: VU#403150 http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/403150 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119159477404263&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119168727402084&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119170531020020&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119171444628628&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119175323322021&w=2 http://marc.info/?l=full-disclosure&m=119180333805950&w=2 HPdes Security Advisory: HPSBST02291 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484186/100/0/threaded HPdes Security Advisory: SSRT071498 http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/484186/100/0/threaded http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=577 http://www.heise-security.co.uk/news/96982 http://xs-sniper.com/blog/remote-command-exec-firefox-2005/ Microsoft Security Bulletin: MS07-061 https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2007/ms07-061 Microsoft Knowledge Base article: 943521 http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/advisory/943521.mspx https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A4581 http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018822 http://securitytracker.com/id?1018831 http://secunia.com/advisories/26201