Is CVE-2006-5544 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-2006-5544 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-2006-5544?

CVE-2006-5544 has a CVSS v2 base score of 6.4 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-2006-5544?

CVE-2006-5544 has an EPSS score of 20.12% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-2006-5544

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

6.4

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Visual truncation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a malicious URL containing non-breaking spaces (%A0), which causes the address bar to omit some characters from the URL.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

20.12%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://blogs.technet.com/msrc/archive/2006/10/26/ie-address-bar-issue.aspx
http://secunia.com/advisories/22542
http://secunia.com/internet_explorer_7_popup_address_bar_spoofing_test/
http://securitytracker.com/id?1017122
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/347188
http://www.osvdb.org/30022
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/449917/100/0/threaded
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/20728
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/29827

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-23.