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....
HighCVSS 7.5
EPSS 20.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Exploit status
- No public exploit known
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.
Affected products
| Product | Affected versions | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| mozilla camino | = 0.8.5 | No fix listed |
| mozilla Firefox | = 1.0 | No fix listed |
| mozilla | < 1.7.6 | 1.7.6 |
| omnigroup omniweb | = 5 | No fix listed |
| opera browser | <= 7.54 | No fix listed |
| opera software opera web browser | = 7.54 | No fix listed |
References
- 20050206 state of homograph attacks broken-link exploit mailing-list vendor-advisory
- 20050208 International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs. mailing-list
- GLSA-200503-10 exploit patch third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- GLSA-200503-30 exploit patch third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- www.mozilla.org exploit patch third-party-advisory vendor-advisory
- SUSE-SA:2005:016 broken-link exploit patch vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2005:176 broken-link vendor-advisory
- RHSA-2005:384 broken-link vendor-advisory
- 12461 broken-link third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- www.shmoo.com broken-link exploit vendor-advisory
- www.shmoo.com broken-link exploit vendor-advisory
- multiple-browsers-idn-spoof(19236) third-party-advisory vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:100029 signature tool-signature vdb-entry
- oval:org.mitre.oval:def:11229 signature tool-signature vdb-entry