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.
References (9)
Core 9
Core References
Exploit vdb-entry
x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry mailing-list
x_refsource_bugtraq
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
US Government Resource third-party-advisory
x_refsource_cert-vn
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_sectrack
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
Exploit third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://www.osvdb.org/30022
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827
Scores
EPSS
0.2026
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Details
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/ie
7.0
Published
Oct 26, 2006
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026