Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 URL

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7. This affects an unknown part of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with the input %A0 leads to an unknown weakness. This vulnerability is uniquely identified as CVE-2006-5544. It is possible to initiate the attack remotely. Furthermore, there is an exploit available. It is recommended to replace the affected component with an alternative. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component URL Handler. The manipulation with the input value %A0 leads to a unknown weakness. Impacted is integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The issue has been introduced in 07/27/2005. The weakness was published 10/25/2006 with Secunia (Website). The advisory is available at secunia.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2006-5544 since 10/26/2006. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. Technical details as well as a public exploit are known.

The exploit is available at secunia.com. It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 455 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at windowsupdate.microsoft.com. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be establishing an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (29827), SecurityFocus (BID 20728†), OSVDB (30022†), Secunia (SA22542†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1017122†). news.com.com is providing further details. If you want to get best quality of vulnerability data, you may have to visit VulDB.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 3.9

VulDB Base Score: 4.3
VulDB Temp Score: 3.9
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Unknown
CWE: Unknown
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Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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Recommended: Alternative
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Patch: windowsupdate.microsoft.com
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Timelineinfo

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10/25/2006 +455 days 🔍
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: secunia.com⛔
Organization: Secunia
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-5544 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-5544
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-2630
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X-Force: 29827 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Popup Address bar spoofing, Low Risk
SecurityFocus: 20728 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar Spoofing Weakness
Secunia: 22542 - Internet Explorer 7 Popup Address Bar Spoofing Weakness, Less Critical
OSVDB: 30022 - Microsoft IE Non-breaking Spaces Popup Address Bar Spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1017122 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Lets Remote Users Partially Spoof Address Bar URLs
Vulnerability Center: 13059 - Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Visual Truncation Vulnerability Allows Spoofing of the Address Bar, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 10/30/2006 08:33 AM
Updated: 01/16/2025 10:23 AM
Changes: 10/30/2006 08:33 AM (86), 04/07/2017 12:01 PM (6), 01/16/2025 10:23 AM (21)
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