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CVE-2006-2920

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2006-06-09 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-20

Description

Sylpheed-Claws before 2.2.2 and Sylpheed before 2.2.6 allow remote attackers to bypass the URI check functionality and makes it easier to conduct phishing attacks via a URI that begins with a space character.

Affected products

• Sylpheed: through 2.2.5; 2.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.1, 2.1.1 (+4)
• Sylpheed-Claws: through 2.2.1; 0.9.4, 0.9.5, 0.9.6, 1.0.2

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/20476
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20577
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=422662&group_id=25528
• http://sylpheed.good-day.net/en/news.html%5C
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2173
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2283
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/27089
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20476
• http://secunia.com/advisories/20577
• http://sourceforge.net/project/shownotes.php?release_id=422662&group_id=25528
• http://sylpheed.good-day.net/en/news.html%5C
• http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2006/2173

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