CVE-2005-0234 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00495.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Safari

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.2.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2005-0235	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.

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
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

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: redhat

Published: 2005-02-07T05:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-07T21:05:24.962Z

Reserved: 2005-02-07T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2005-0234

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2005-05-02T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-2005-0234

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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