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CVE-2006-5544

CVSS Score Not Available
54.44%
MEDIUM RiskEPSS (98th percentile)

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.

Published: 10/26/2006
Modified: 4/9/2025
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Vulnerability Summary

EPSS Score (Exploitation Probability)

54.44%MEDIUM Exploitation Risk
98th percentile

This vulnerability has a 54.44% probability of being exploited in the next 30 days, ranking higher than 98% of all scored CVEs.