Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01 through 6 allows remote attackers to conduct phishing attacks by spoofing the address bar and other parts of the trust UI via unknown methods that allow "window content to persist" after the user has navigated to another site, aka the "Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability." NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1626.
Conclusion & alert: CVE-2006-1192 is rated High Exploit Risk (64.7/100): CVSS Low severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 31.47%, 98th percentile). Core evidence: 1 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). EPSS rose +6.93% over the last day, indicating growing attacker interest. Mandatory action: Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.
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| EDB-ID | Source | Kind | Published | Link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1838 | exploit_db | edb | 2006-05-27 | Exploit-DB ↗ |
EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).
| # | Date | Old EPSS score | New EPSS score | Delta (New - Old) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2026-06-15 | 24.54% | 31.47% | +6.93% |
| 2 | 2026-05-10 | 30.14% | 24.54% | -5.60% |
| 3 | 2025-08-22 | — | 30.14% | — |
Full EPSS history (17 records total)
CVSS metrics for this CVE.
| Base score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability | Impact | Score source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2.6 | 2.0 | LOW |
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4.9 | 2.9 | [email protected] |
| Vendor | Product | Version | Raw CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
| microsoft | ie | 5.01 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:5.01:windows_2000_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:*:windows_xp_professional_64bit:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:sp1:windows_xpsp1:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_2000_sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_server_2003_sp1_itanium_systems:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | ie | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:6:windows_xp_sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| microsoft | internet_explorer | 6 | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* |
| canon | network_camera_server_vb101 | — | cpe:2.3:h:canon:network_camera_server_vb101:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |