CVE-2006-2920 describes a vulnerability in Sylpheed-Claws before version 2.2.2 and Sylpheed before version 2.2.6, where remote attackers can bypass URI checking by prepending a space character to a URI. This flaw facilitates phishing attacks by obscuring the true destination of a link. The vulnerability has a low CVSS score of 2.6, indicating a network attack vector with high attack complexity and a potential impact limited to partial integrity loss (phishing). There is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion, suggesting it is not a high-priority threat.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 2.2.5CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:2.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:2.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:2.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
2.0.3CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:sylpheed:sylpheed:2.0.3:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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