VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2005-0234
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…
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 1.65%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.65%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.65% probability · 75th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- apple/safari
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461
- http://www.shmoo.com/idnExploit
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2005/Mar/msg00000.htmlVendor Advisory
- http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlExploit, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461
- http://www.shmoo.com/idnExploit
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtVendor Advisory
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.