MEDIUM
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
Published Oct 26, 2006
6.4
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 20.76%
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
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.4 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
20.76% 0.20755
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.20755
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (23 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 20.76% (0.20755) | 97.47th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 19.96% (0.19965) | 97.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 14, 2025 | 54.34% (0.54345) | 97.86th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 30, 2025 | 51.98% (0.51977) | 97.69th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 29, 2025 | 64.55% (0.64552) | 97.84th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 51.98% (0.51977) | 97.65th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Feb 14, 2025 | 42.96% (0.42960) | 97.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 17, 2024 | 51.88% (0.51880) | 97.67th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Sep 15, 2024 | 23.71% (0.23706) | 96.68th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 1, 2024 | 33.66% (0.33659) | 97.10th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jan 30, 2024 | 36.38% (0.36385) | 96.78th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Dec 22, 2023 | 24.62% (0.24618) | 96.20th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Nov 14, 2023 | 26.67% (0.26672) | 96.27th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Oct 7, 2023 | 33.00% (0.33000) | 96.49th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Aug 30, 2023 | 24.53% (0.24529) | 96.01th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 23, 2023 | 20.20% (0.20199) | 95.69th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jun 15, 2023 | 22.45% (0.22452) | 95.82th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 8, 2023 | 9.59% (0.09586) | 93.83th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 30, 2023 | 6.25% (0.06253) | 92.46th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 4.58% (0.04575) | 91.24th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.51th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 96.20th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 20.65% (0.20648) | 94.08th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (9)
- http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/22542 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploit
- http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/ x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/30022 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728 vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/22542 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAExploit | |
| http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/ | x_refsource_MISCExploitVendor Advisory | |
| http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNUS Government Resource | |
| http://www.osvdb.org/30022 | vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728 | vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDExploit | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Oct 26, 2006
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Oct 26, 2006
Link CVE-2006-5544
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a