CVE-2008-4787 Other in n/a
Remote attackers can spoof the address bar in Internet Explorer 6 by using URLs with non-breaking space sequences, requiring user interaction to view the malicious link.
- 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-2008-4787?
CVE-2008-4787 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 29 Oct 2008. 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
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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-4787?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2008-4787?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-4787 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2008-4787 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-2008-4787 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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-wjcf-x5xh-gf27.