CVE-2008-4787

MediumCVSS 5.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Oct 29, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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