Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Oct 26, 2006· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2006-5544
CVE-2006-5544
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.
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Affected products
2- Range: =7
Patches
Vulnerability mechanics
References
9- secunia.com/advisories/22542nvdExploit
- secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/nvdExploitVendor Advisory
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728nvdExploit
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188nvdUS Government Resource
- blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspxnvd
- securitytracker.com/idnvd
- www.osvdb.org/30022nvd
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threadednvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827nvd
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