CVE-2008-4787 (GCVE-0-2008-4787)
Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-10-29 15:00 – Updated: 2024-08-07 10:31
VLAI?
Summary
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.
Severity ?
No CVSS data available.
CWE
- n/a
Assigner
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