CVE-2006-5544

Severity: medium (CVSS 6.4 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 20.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2006-10-26 · updated 2026-06-16

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.

Affected products

Microsoft Ie: 7.0

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/

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