PT-2006-1848 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2006-02-19 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2006-0799

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue allows remote attackers to spoof a legitimate URL in the status bar and conduct a phishing attack. This is achieved through a web page with an anchor element that has a legitimate href attribute, a form whose action points to a malicious URL, and an INPUT submit element that is modified to look like a legitimate URL.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-0799

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-0799 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17938 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/23609 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/425298/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/425883/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/425386/100/0/threaded · Note