CVE-2006-5805 Security feature bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can bypass certificate validation warnings in Internet Explorer by tricking users into visiting a crafted link, potentially facilitating phishing attacks.
- 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-2006-5805?
CVE-2006-5805 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Ie, published on 8 Nov 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 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2006-5805?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Ie.
How do I fix CVE-2006-5805?
No fix has been published for CVE-2006-5805 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2006-5805 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2006-5805 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Ie
Sources
Also known as GHSA-r382-7625-8wwh.