CVE-2006-0799 Other in n/a
Attackers can spoof URLs in the status bar to facilitate phishing attacks by manipulating form elements in Internet Explorer.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2006-0799?
CVE-2006-0799 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 19 Feb 2006. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to spoof a legitimate URL in the status bar and conduct a phishing attack via a web page with an anchor element with a legitimate "href" attribute, a form whose action points to a malicious URL, and an INPUT submit element that is modified to look like a legitimate URL. NOTE: this issue is very similar to CVE-2004-1104, although the manipulations are slightly different.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-0799?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2006-0799?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-0799 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-0799 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-0799 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-pp5h-86c8-pfvc.