PT-2006-6259 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2006-10-26 · Updated 2018-10-17 · CVE-2006-5544

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.4

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7

Description A visual truncation issue allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar, potentially leading to phishing attacks. This is achieved through a malicious URL containing non-breaking spaces (%A0), causing the address bar to omit some characters from the URL.

Recommendations For Microsoft Internet Explorer version 7, consider avoiding the use of non-breaking spaces (%A0) in URLs to minimize the risk of address bar spoofing until a fix is available.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2006-5544

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 10

• 🔥 http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test · Exploit
• 🔥 http://securityfocus.com/bid/20728 · Exploit
• 🔥 http://secunia.com/advisories/22542 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2006-5544 · Security Note
• http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx · Note
• http://osvdb.org/30022 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188 · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827 · Note