30022 : Microsoft IE Non-breaking Spaces Popup Address Bar Spoofing
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about 1 year ago

Percent Complete
90%

Disclosure
Oct 25, 2006

Discovery
Unknown

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Exploit
Unknown

Solution
Unknown

Keywords

 phishing

Description

 Microsoft Internet Explorer contains a flaw related to the way it displays urls in the address bar of pop-up windows that may allow an attacker to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a malicious URL containing non-breaking spaces (%A0).

Classification

 Location: Remote/Network Access Required
Attack Type: Input Manipulation
Impact: Loss of Integrity
Exploit: Exploit Available
Disclosure: OSVDB Verified

Solution

 Currently, there are no known upgrades or patches to correct this issue. It is possible to correct the flaw by implementing the following workaround(s):
Click on the address bar in the pop up window and scroll to the left to see the url of the page.

Products
Microsoft Corporation
Watch-list
Internet Explorer
Watch-list
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