FKIE_CVE-2006-5805

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2006-11-08 22:07 - Updated: 2026-06-16 22:31
Severity
Summary
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a security certificate from a secure web site to appear invalid via a link to res://ieframe.dll/invalidcert.htm with the target site as an argument, which displays the site's URL in the address bar but causes Internet Explorer to report that the certificate is invalid.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/11/ie7-website-security-certificate.htmlExploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://securitytracker.com/id?1017165Exploit
cve@mitre.orghttp://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450722/100/0/threaded
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/11/ie7-website-security-certificate.htmlExploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://securitytracker.com/id?1017165Exploit
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/450722/100/0/threaded
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
microsoft ie 7.0
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