CVE-2006-5544

Visual truncation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a malicious URL containing non-breaking spaces (%A0), which causes the address bar to omit some characters from the URL.

Score

CVSS 2.0 6.4 Medium

Status

Modified - cve@mitre.org

Published

2006-10-26

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Ie (Microsoft)

References

• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
• http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
• http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
• http://www.osvdb.org/30022
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827