Vulnerabilities > CVE-2007-3143 - Authentication Server Domain Spoofing vulnerability in KDE Konqueror 3.5.5
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
LOW Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
PARTIAL Availability impact
NONE Summary
Visual truncation vulnerability in Konqueror 3.5.5 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a long hostname, which is truncated after a certain number of characters, as demonstrated by a phishing attack using HTTP Basic Authentication.
Vulnerable Configurations
| Part | Description | Count |
|---|---|---|
| Application | 1 |
Statements
| contributor | Mark J Cox |
| lastmodified | 2007-08-17 |
| organization | Red Hat |
| statement | Red Hat is aware of this issue and is tracking it via the following bug: https://bugzilla.redhat.com/bugzilla/show_bug.cgi?id=252169 The Red Hat Security Response Team has rated this issue as having low security impact, a future update may address this flaw. |