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    CVE-2006-5544

    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.

    Published:Oct 26, 2006
    Last Modified:Apr 23, 2026
    EPS:Oct 26, 2006
    EPSS Score:0.54442
    CVSS Score:6.4

    Affected Products

    Vendor
    Microsoft
    Product
    Ie

    Exploits

    http://secunia.com/advisories/22542http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728http://secunia.com/advisories/22542http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728

    Common Weakness Enumeration

    No CWE recorded yet

    Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)

    No CAPEC recorded yet

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    References

    http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
    http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
    http://www.osvdb.org/30022
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827
    http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
    http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
    http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
    http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
    http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
    http://www.osvdb.org/30022
    http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
    http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728
    https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827

    Common Vulnerability Scoring System

    Attack Vector
    Network
    Adjacent
    Local
    Physical
    Privileges Required
    None
    Low
    High
    User Interaction
    None
    Required
    Scope
    Unchanged
    Changed
    Confidentiality
    None
    Low
    High
    Integrity
    None
    Low
    High
    Availability
    None
    Low
    High