Vulnerability record · CVE-2007-3164 · published 11 June 2007
CVE-2007-3164: Microsoft internet explorer vulnerability
Microsoft · Internet Explorer
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, when prompting for HTTP Basic Authentication for an IDN web site, uses ACE labels for the domain name in the status bar, but uses internationalized labels for this name in the authentication dialog, which might allow remote attackers to perform phishing attacks if the user misinterprets confusable characters in the internationalized labels, as demonstrated by displaying xn--theshmogroup-bgk.com only in the status bar.
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Affected products
1 vulnerable configurations from NVD's CPE data, grouped by vendor and product.
References
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Source: NIST National Vulnerability Database (record CVE-2007-3164), CISA KEV, FIRST EPSS (scores of 2026-09-29). This page is refreshed as NVD updates the record.
