CVE-2006-5544 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

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.

Published: 2006-10-26

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 54.4% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:*:vista:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.54442.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Ie

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2006-10-26T17:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T19:55:53.226Z

Reserved: 2006-10-26T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2006-5544

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2006-10-26T17:07:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2006-5544

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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