CVE-2008-4787 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Visual truncation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a URL with a hostname containing many   (Non-Blocking Space character) sequences, which are rendered as whitespace, aka MSRC ticket MSRC7899, a related issue to CVE-2003-1025.

Published: 2008-10-29

Score: 5.8 Medium

EPSS: 37.4% Moderate

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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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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

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Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.374.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497825/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/497827/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31960
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/46234

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2008-10-29T15:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-07T10:31:27.520Z

Reserved: 2008-10-29T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-4787

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-10-29T15:31:35.417

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

Link: CVE-2008-4787

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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