Unscored severity · published Oct 26, 2006
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…
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CVSS
20.8%
EPSS
No
On KEV
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.
Exploitation
Is it being used?
Exploit prediction (EPSS)20.8% · higher than 98% of CVEs
Exploited in the wildNo evidence yet
CISA KEVNot listed
Ransomware campaign useNot known
Affected products
Which versions
IE
IE · Microsoft
7.0 · source: NVD
References
NVD
https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5544
CVE.org
https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2006-5544
blogs.technet.com
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
Exploit
http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
Exploit
http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
securitytracker.com
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
US Government Resource
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
www.osvdb.org
http://www.osvdb.org/30022
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