# CVE-2006-0799: Microsoft Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to spoof a legitimate URL in the status bar and conduct a phishing attack via a web page

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2006-02-19 · Updated: 2024-08-07

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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.

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## Related

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## References

- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17938
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425298/100/0/threaded
- http://www.osvdb.org/23609
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425386/100/0/threaded
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/425883/100/0/threaded

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