CVE-2006-1626: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 4.3. EPSS: 25.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks by re-opening the window to a malicious Shockwave Flash application, then changing the window location back to a trusted URL while the Flash application is still loading. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1192.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 6.0 only

Published 2006-04-05. Last modified 2026-06-16.