CVE-2008-4787

Medium

Description

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Internet Explorer
PublishedOct 29, 2008
First seenOct 29, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft internet_explorer6—

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