CVE-2005-0233

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0233
StatePUBLISHED
Assignerredhat
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-02-08 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 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

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-noinfo | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Mozilla Camino 0.8.5 All All All
Application Mozilla Firefox 1.0 All All All
Application Mozilla Mozilla All 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

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Tool Signature
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.shmoo.com Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Firefox: Various vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
Repository / Oval Repository af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 oval.cisecurity.org Tool Signature
404 Not Found af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.shmoo.com Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
Multiple Web Browser International Domain Name Handling Site Property Spoofing Vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry
[Full-Disclosure] state of homograph attacks af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 lists.grok.org.uk Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory
rhn.redhat.com | Red Hat Support af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.redhat.com Broken Link
Security Announcement af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.novell.com Broken Link, Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
Gentoo Linux Documentation -- Mozilla Suite: Multiple vulnerabilities af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.gentoo.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
'International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info Mailing List
MFSA 2005-29: Internationalized Domain Name (IDN) homograph spoofing af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.mozilla.org Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, Vendor Advisory
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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