CVE-2005-0233
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 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…
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Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 20.40% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- mozilla/camino · mozilla/firefox · mozilla/mozilla · omnigroup/omniweb · opera/opera browser · opera software/opera web browser
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.shmoo.com/idnBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029Tool Signature
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229Tool Signature
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2Mailing List
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.htmlExploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.htmlBroken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.htmlBroken Link
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- http://www.shmoo.com/idnBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtBroken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029Tool Signature
- https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229Tool Signature
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.