FKIE_CVE-2006-5544
Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-10-26 17:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:31
Severity
Summary
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
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