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CVE-2006-5544

25
FAUCET Score

CVE-2006-5544 describes a visual truncation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7, allowing remote attackers to spoof the address bar. This flaw, caused by the browser omitting characters from a malicious URL containing non-breaking spaces, could facilitate phishing attacks. With a CVSS score of 6.4, it presents a medium severity risk with low attack complexity and potential for partial confidentiality and integrity impact. There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there publicly available exploit modules or significant community discussion surrounding this vulnerability.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
7.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:7.0:*:vista:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

6.4MEDIUM

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
PARTIAL
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
10.0
Impact Score
4.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
20.26%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
97.2%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-28
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.2026 is in the 97th percentile among its peer group of 23,725 CVEs.

Social Chatter

No social media mentions found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.1 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.4 GitHub mentions.

Media Mentions

No media coverage found for this CVE.

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.

Remediation

Remediation records are not available for this CVE.

References

blogs.technet.com / msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
secunia.com / advisories/22542
Exploit
secunia.com / internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test
ExploitVendor Advisory
securitytracker.com / id
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com / vulnerabilities/29827
kb.cert.org / vuls/id/347188
US Government Resource
osvdb.org / 30022
securityfocus.com / archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
securityfocus.com / bid/20728
Exploit