CVE-2005-0233

Summary

CVECVE-2005-0233
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-02-08 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2022-02-28 17:41:00 UTC
DescriptionThe 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Camino 0.8.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Camino 0.8.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla All All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.35 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.48 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.35 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.48 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.6 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.7 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.8 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 0.9.9 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc1 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0 rc2 All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.0.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.1 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.2.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.3.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 alpha All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4 beta All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.2 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.4.4 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.5.1 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla 1.6 All All All
Application Omnigroup Omniweb 5 All All All
Application Omnigroup Omniweb 5 All All All
Application Opera Opera Browser All All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 7.54 All All All
Application Opera Software Opera Web Browser 7.54 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Firefox: Various vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found MISC www.shmoo.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
Repository / Oval Repository OVAL oval.cisecurity.org
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities GENTOO www.gentoo.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
MFSA 2005-29: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) homograph spoofing CONFIRM www.mozilla.org Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
'International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows' - MARC BUGTRAQ marc.info
Multiple Web Browser International Domain Name Handling Site Property Spoofing Vulnerabilities BID www.securityfocus.com
Security Announcement SUSE www.novell.com Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support REDHAT www.redhat.com
IBM X-Force Exchange XF exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
[Full-Disclosure] state of homograph attacks FULLDISC lists.grok.org.uk Exploit, Vendor Advisory
404 Not Found MISC www.shmoo.com Exploit, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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