fkie_cve-2006-5544
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd
Published
2006-10-26 17:07
Modified
2025-04-09 00:30
Severity ?
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/advisories/22542Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188US Government Resource
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.osvdb.org/30022
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttps://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/advisories/22542Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/Exploit, Vendor Advisory
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188US Government Resource
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.osvdb.org/30022
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft ie 7.0


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    },
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      "value": "Vulnerabilidad de truncamiento visual en Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 permite a atacantes remotos suplantar la barra de direcciones y posiblemente conducir ataques de phising mediante una URL maliciosa que contiene espacios non-breaking (%A0), y que causa que la barra de direcciones omita algunos caracteres de la URL."
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  "id": "CVE-2006-5544",
  "lastModified": "2025-04-09T00:30:58.490",
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          "accessVector": "NETWORK",
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