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CVE-2006-1626
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks…
Medium4.3EPSS 25.5%
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- Updated
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- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks by re-opening the window to a malicious Shockwave Flash application, then changing the window location back to a trusted URL while the Flash application is still loading. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1192.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.3 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 25.5% · top 2.0% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.3.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (17)
- http://secunia.com/Internet_Explorer_Address_Bar_Spoofing_Vulnerability_Test/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- 17404 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2006-2319 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 1016291 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1842 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1881 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1604 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1806 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ADV-2006-1218 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- MS06-021 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 19521 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 20060403 Another Internet Explorer Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060721 about bid 17404 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- 20060404 Another way to spoof Internet Explorer Address Bar (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1600 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:1918 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entrysignaturex_refsource_OVALx_transferred
- ie-swf-addressbar-spoofing(25634) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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