CVE-2006-5544

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Summary

CVECVE-2006-5544
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2006-10-26 17:07:00 UTC
Updated2026-04-23 00:35:47 UTC
DescriptionVisual 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.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 6.4 from [email protected]

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

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
None

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

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Ie 7.0 All vista All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar Spoofing Weakness af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Exploit
SecurityTracker.com Archives - Microsoft Internet Explorer Lets Remote Users Partially Spoof Address Bar URLs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 securitytracker.com
SecurityFocus af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
www.osvdb.org/30022 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Welcome to the Microsoft Security Response Center Blog! : IE Address Bar Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 blogs.technet.com
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
US-CERT Vulnerability Note VU#347188 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.kb.cert.org US Government Resource
Internet Explorer 7 Popup Address Bar Spoofing Test - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Internet Explorer 7 Popup Address Bar Spoofing Weakness - Advisories - Secunia af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 secunia.com Exploit
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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