CVE-2006-0765

Published Feb 18, 2006 CVSS 2.0 · 5.1 Medium EPSS 1.2% KEV · Not listed
Description
GUI display truncation vulnerability in ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to hide malicious file extensions, bypass Windows security warnings via a filename that is all uppercase and of a specific length, which truncates the malicious extension from the display and could trick a user into executing arbitrary programs.

Remediation

No solution or workaround provided in the CVE record

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2006-0771 GUI display truncation vulnerability in ICQ Inc. (formerly Mirabilis) ICQ 2003a, 2003b, Lite 4.0, Lite 4.1, and possibly other Windows versions allows user-assisted remote attackers to hide malicious file extensions, bypass Windows security warnings via a filename that is all uppercase and of a specific length, which truncates the malicious extension from the display and could trick a user into executing arbitrary programs.
History
Type Values Removed Values Added
Metrics epss

{'score': 0.00311}

epss

{'score': 0.00162}

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Sources

Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
mitre
Published
Updated
Aug 7, 2024, 4:48 PM
Reserved
Feb 18, 2006, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Feb 18, 2006, 2:02 AM
Modified
Jun 16, 2026, 10:21 PM