CVEvulnerability

CVE-2008-4788

5.0 MEDIUM Published 2008-10-29 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2008-10-29
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 omits high-bit URL-encoded characters when displaying the address bar, which allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a URL with a domain name that differs from an important domain name only in these characters, as demonstrated by using exam%A9ple.com to spoof example.com, aka MSRC ticket MSRC7900.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 6

References