CVE-2005-0234
- State
- Published
- Severity
- Not scored
- Published
- Feb 7, 2005
- Updated
- Aug 7, 2024
- Reserved
- Feb 7, 2005
Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Safari 1.2.5 allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks.
Scores
The record has no CVSS score.
Weaknesses
The record names no weakness.
Affected Products
| Product | Versions |
|---|---|
n/an/a |
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References
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
- multiple-browsers-idn-spoof(19236)vdb-entry
- 20050206 state of homograph attacksmailing-list
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn
- APPLE-SA-2005-03-21vendor-advisory
- 20050208 International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs.mailing-list
- 12461vdb-entry
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