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CVE-2008-4787

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 - ' ' Address Bar URI Spoofing

Severity Score

5.8
*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

2
*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

-
*KEV

Decision

-
*SSVC
Descriptions

Visual truncation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a URL with a hostname containing many   (Non-Blocking Space character) sequences, which are rendered as whitespace, aka MSRC ticket MSRC7899, a related issue to CVE-2003-1025.

Una vulnerabilidad de truncamiento visual en Microsoft Internet Explorer versión 6, permite a los atacantes remotos suplantar la barra de direcciones por medio de una dirección URL con un nombre de host que contiene muchos   (carácter de espacio sin bloqueo), que se renderizan como espacios en blanco, también se conoce como el ticket MSRC de MSRC7899, un problema relacionado con el CVE-2003-1025.

*Credits: N/A
CVSS Scores
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Medium
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
None
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial
* Common Vulnerability Scoring System
SSVC
  • Decision:-
Exploitation
-
Automatable
-
Tech. Impact
-
* Organization's Worst-case Scenario
Timeline
  • 2008-10-27 First Exploit
  • 2008-10-29 CVE Reserved
  • 2008-10-29 CVE Published
  • 2024-08-07 CVE Updated
  • 2024-11-04 EPSS Updated
  • ---------- Exploited in Wild
  • ---------- KEV Due Date
CWE
CAPEC
Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions
Vendor Product Version Other Status
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Microsoft
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 Internet Explorer
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 6
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Affected