CVE-2005-0236
- 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 Omniweb 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
- 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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