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CVE-2006-5805
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a security certificate from a secure web site to appear invalid via a link…
Medium5.0EPSS 6.2%
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- mitre
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to cause a security certificate from a secure web site to appear invalid via a link to res://ieframe.dll/invalidcert.htm with the target site as an argument, which displays the site's URL in the address bar but causes Internet Explorer to report that the certificate is invalid.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 6.2% · top 6.5% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (3)
- 1017165 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACKx_transferred
- 20061103 IE7 website security certificate discrediting exploit (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- http://ingehenriksen.blogspot.com/2006/11/ie7-website-security-certificate.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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