Microsoft Internet Explorer Popup Address bar spoofing
| ie-popup-addressbar-spoofing (29827) |  Low Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to spoof the URL in the address bar for popup windows. A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted URL, which once clicked by the victim, would open a popup window that only displays a portion of the URL. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability to persuade the user into visiting the malicious popup window and entering sensitive information.
*CVSS:
| Base Score: | 2.8 |
| Access Vector: | Remote |
| Access Complexity: | High |
| Authentication: | Not Required |
| Confidentiality Impact: | None |
| Integrity Impact: | Partial |
| Availability Impact: | None |
| Temporal Score: | 2.3 |
| Exploitability: | Unproven |
| Remediation Level: | Unavailable |
| Report Confidence: | Uncorroborated |
Consequences:
Other
Remedy:
No remedy available as of October 2008.
References:
- Microsoft Security Response Center Blog, Thursday, October 26, 2006 3:59 AM : IE Address Bar Issue .
- BID-20728: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar Spoofing Weakness
- CVE-2006-5544: 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.
- OSVDB ID: 30022: Microsoft IE Non-breaking Spaces Popup Address Bar Spoofing
- SA22542: Internet Explorer 7 Popup Address Bar Spoofing Weakness
- SECTRACK ID: 1017122: Microsoft Internet Explorer Lets Remote Users Partially Spoof Address Bar URLs
- US-CERT VU#347188: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 may allow address bar spoofing
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 7
Reported:
Oct 26, 2006
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