CVE-2005-0238 | BDVDB-2026-7912 Detail

Description#

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Epiphany 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.

Impact#

No impact statement in the source data.

Weaknesses#

No weakness recorded in the source data.

References#

http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
http://www.shmoo.com/idn
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461

Exploit#

No public exploit known

History#

Version 12005-02-07Record published in the CVE List.
Version 22024-08-07Most recent update recorded in the CVE List.