Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 Address Bar information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 and classified as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Address Bar. The manipulation results in information disclosure. This vulnerability is cataloged as CVE-2006-2384. The attack may be launched remotely. There is no exploit available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer up to 5.01 (Web Browser). It has been classified as problematic. Affected is an unknown code of the component Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. CWE is classifying the issue as CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. This is going to have an impact on integrity. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4 and 6 SP1 and earlier allows remote attackers to conduct spoofing and phishing attacks by using a modal browser window in a way that preserves the original address bar and trusted UI of a trusted site, even after the browser has been navigated to a malicious site, aka the "Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability."

The weakness was shared 06/13/2006 by Yorick Koster and hoshikuzu star_dust with ITsec Security Services as MS06-021 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at securitytracker.com. This vulnerability is traded as CVE-2006-2384 since 05/15/2006. It is possible to launch the attack remotely. The exploitation doesn't require any form of authentication. Successful exploitation requires user interaction by the victim. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1592.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 21685 (MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Windows : Microsoft Bulletins. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 100035 (Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer Missing (MS06-021)).

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (26777), Tenable (21685), SecurityFocus (BID 18321†), OSVDB (26445†) and Secunia (SA20595†). The entries VDB-2126, VDB-2289, VDB-2290 and VDB-2291 are related to this item. Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Nessus ID: 21685
Nessus Name: MS06-021: Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281)
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS06-021⛔
Researcher: Yorick Koster, hoshikuzu star_dust
Organization: ITsec Security Services
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-2006-2384 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2006-2384
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-30804

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X-Force: 26777
SecurityFocus: 18321 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Persistent Modal Dialog Window Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
Secunia: 20595 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 26445 - Microsoft IE Modal Browser Window Address Bar Spoofing
SecurityTracker: 1016291 - Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory and Access Control Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
Vulnerability Center: 11913 - [MS06-021] Internet Explorer Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2006-2319

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/12/2015 14:25
Updated: 06/22/2025 05:13
Changes: 03/12/2015 14:25 (65), 05/07/2019 12:40 (21), 07/12/2021 14:03 (3), 06/22/2025 05:13 (16)
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