CVE-2006-5544
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.4EPSS 20.8%EU EUVD
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.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.4 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N- EPSS score
- 20.8% (98th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2006-5529)
- Published
- October 26, 2006
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2006-5529 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- microsoft / ie
References
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22542(Exploit)
- http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/(Exploit, Vendor Advisory)
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188(US Government Resource)
- http://www.osvdb.org/30022
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728(Exploit)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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