CVE-2005-0236

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Summary

CVECVE-2005-0236
StatePUBLIC
Assigner[email protected]
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published2005-05-02 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2017-07-11 01:32:00 UTC
DescriptionThe International Domain Name (IDN) support in Omniweb 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.

Risk And Classification

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Omnigroup Omniweb 5 All All All
Application Omnigroup Omniweb 5 All All All

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
404 Not Found MISC www.shmoo.com
'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
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
CVE Program record CVE.ORG www.cve.org canonical
NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis
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