CVE-2006-5544

N/A Unknown
Published: October 26, 2006 Modified: April 23, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
Source: cve@mitre.org
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/30022
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728
Source: cve@mitre.org
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
US Government Resource
http://www.osvdb.org/30022
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

18 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Affected Vendors

microsoft