Microsoft Internet Explorer Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability

Summary
This host is installed with Internet Explorer and is prone to Address Bar Spoofing vulnerability.
Impact
Successful exploitation lets the attackers to spoof parts of the address bar and modify page content on a host that a user may consider partly trusted. Impact Level: Application
Solution
No solution or patch was made available for at least one year since disclosure of this vulnerability. Likely none will be provided anymore. General solution options are to upgrade to a newer release, disable respective features, remove the product or replace the product by another one.
Insight
Error exists when opening a new window using 'window.open()' which can be exploited to display spoofed content in the browser window while the address bar shows an arbitrary path on a possibly trusted host.
Affected
Microsoft Internet Explorer version 6.x, 7.x and 8.x
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