Description
GUI display truncation vulnerability in ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to hide malicious file extensions, bypass Windows security warnings via a filename that is all uppercase and of a specific length, which truncates the malicious extension from the display and could trick a user into executing arbitrary programs.
Published: 2006-02-18
Score: 5.1 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0771 GUI display truncation vulnerability in ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to hide malicious file extensions, bypass Windows security warnings via a filename that is all uppercase and of a specific length, which truncates the malicious extension from the display and could trick a user into executing arbitrary programs.
History

Tue, 15 Jul 2025 13:45:00 +0000

Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00311}

epss

{'score': 0.00162}


cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T16:48:56.445Z

Reserved: 2006-02-18T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-0765

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-02-18T02:02:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2006-0765

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Weaknesses