CVE-2005-0238

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.

CVSS v2.0 5.0 MEDIUM

5.0^/10

CVSS v2.0 : MEDIUM

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

Exploitability : 10.0 / Impact : 2.9

Access Vector NETWORK

Access Complexity LOW

Authentication NONE

Confidentiality Impact NONE

Integrity Impact PARTIAL

Availability Impact NONE

References

Link	Resource
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.shmoo.com/idn	Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt	Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399	Broken Link Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html	Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461	Broken Link Third Party Advisory VDB Entry
http://www.shmoo.com/idn	Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt	Broken Link Exploit Vendor Advisory
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399	Broken Link Issue Tracking Patch Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236	Third Party Advisory VDB Entry

Configurations

Configuration 1 (hide)

OR	cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:camino:0.8.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla::::::::
	cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser::::::::

History

No history.

Information

Published : 2005-05-02 04:00

Updated : 2025-04-03 01:03

NVD link : CVE-2005-0238

Mitre link : CVE-2005-0238

CVE.ORG link : CVE-2005-0238

JSON object : View

Products Affected

gnome

epiphany

mozilla

camino
mozilla

opera

opera_browser

omnigroup

omniweb

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

{"id": "CVE-2005-0238", "cveTags": [], "metrics": {"cvssMetricV2": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "cvssData": {"version": "2.0", "baseScore": 5.0, "accessVector": "NETWORK", "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N", "authentication": "NONE", "integrityImpact": "PARTIAL", "accessComplexity": "LOW", "availabilityImpact": "NONE", "confidentialityImpact": "NONE"}, "acInsufInfo": false, "impactScore": 2.9, "baseSeverity": "MEDIUM", "obtainAllPrivilege": false, "exploitabilityScore": 10.0, "obtainUserPrivilege": false, "obtainOtherPrivilege": false, "userInteractionRequired": false}]}, "published": "2005-05-02T04:00:00.000", "references": [{"url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}, {"url": "http://www.shmoo.com/idn", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}, {"url": "http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}, {"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "secalert@redhat.com"}, {"url": "http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html", "tags": ["Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.shmoo.com/idn", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Exploit", "Vendor Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399", "tags": ["Broken Link", "Issue Tracking", "Patch", "Third Party Advisory"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}, {"url": "https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236", "tags": ["Third Party Advisory", "VDB Entry"], "source": "af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}], "vulnStatus": "Deferred", "weaknesses": [{"type": "Primary", "source": "nvd@nist.gov", "description": [{"lang": "en", "value": "NVD-CWE-Other"}]}], "descriptions": [{"lang": "en", "value": "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."}], "lastModified": "2025-04-03T01:03:51.193", "configurations": [{"nodes": [{"negate": false, "cpeMatch": [{"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:gnome:epiphany:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "078698FD-775C-4B73-998D-F6B4F601185C"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:camino:0.8.5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "D044E602-45A5-4B14-8B16-B0978D985027"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "31063052-D74D-41D0-B63D-4A7BADAC9C60", "versionEndIncluding": "1.6"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "ECD3E937-C813-4564-9E3C-D009D39E8A8B"}, {"criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*", "vulnerable": true, "matchCriteriaId": "BFE75E76-E20D-47A4-9603-0AF46F733AEF", "versionEndIncluding": "7.54"}], "operator": "OR"}]}], "sourceIdentifier": "secalert@redhat.com"}