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CVE-2006-1626
published 2006-04-05

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 by re-opening the…

PriorityP425medium4.3CVSS 2.0
AVNACMAuNCNIPAN
EXPLOIT
EPSS
25.28%
97.7th percentile
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.

Affected

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VendorProductVersion rangeFixed in
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Detection & IOCsextracted from sources · hover to see the quote

  • →CVE-2006-1626 involves address-bar spoofing in Internet Explorer by displaying a trusted URI in the address bar while running an attacker-supplied Macromedia Flash application — monitor for Flash content loaded in IE that coincides with address bar URI mismatches or cross-domain property access attempts. ↗
  • ·CVE-2006-1626 is explicitly noted as a DIFFERENT vulnerability from CVE-2006-1192 (Address Bar Spoofing via window content persistence); do not conflate the two when writing detection rules. ↗
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