Vulnerabilities > CVE-2005-0234 - Unspecified vulnerability in Apple Safari 1.2.5
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
NONE Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
NONE Summary
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.
Vulnerable Configurations
Part | Description | Count |
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Application | 1 |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.html
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236