CVE-2008-5825
(dot) characters, which allows remote attackers to trick a user into loading an arbitrary URI via a crafted NDEF tag, as demonstrated by (1) an http: URI for a malicious web site, (2) a tel: URI for a premium-rate telephone number, and (3) an sms: URI…
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.62%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The SmartPoster implementation on the Nokia 6131 Near Field Communication (NFC) phone with 05.12 firmware does not properly display the URI record when the Title record contains a certain combination of space, CR (aka \r), and . (dot) characters, which allows remote attackers to trick a user into loading an arbitrary URI via a crafted NDEF tag, as demonstrated by (1) an http: URI for a malicious web site, (2) a tel: URI for a premium-rate telephone number, and (3) an sms: URI that triggers purchase of a ringtone.
- CVSS 2.0
- 2.6 LOWAV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.62% probability · 76th percentile
- Public exploits
- None in Exploit-DB
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-59
- Affected
- nokia/6131 nfc
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
EPSS 1.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.
References
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/0186.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-08/0344.htmlExploit
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/attachments/1109_collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones_slim.pdf
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2639.en.html
- http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_25c3_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
- http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
- http://www.mulliner.org/security/advisories/nokia6131nfc_uri_spoofing_and_dos_advisory.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30716
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44527
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/0186.html
- http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-08/0344.htmlExploit
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/attachments/1109_collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones_slim.pdf
- http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2639.en.html
- http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_25c3_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
- http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
- http://www.mulliner.org/security/advisories/nokia6131nfc_uri_spoofing_and_dos_advisory.txtExploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30716
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44527
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.