CVE-2005-0238

Epiphany < 1.6 - Domain Spoofing via Punycode Homograph Attack

Title source: manual
STIX 2.1

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.

References (6)

Core 6
Core References
Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_xf
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236
Exploit, Vendor Advisory mailing-list x_refsource_fulldisc
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
Broken Link, Exploit, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://www.shmoo.com/idn
Broken Link, Issue Tracking, Patch, Third Party Advisory x_refsource_confirm
https://bugzilla.redhat.com/beta/show_bug.cgi?id=147399
Broken Link, Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461

Scores

EPSS 0.0075
EPSS Percentile 73.3%

Details

Status published
Products (5)
gnome/epiphany
mozilla/camino 0.8.5
mozilla/mozilla < 1.6
omnigroup/omniweb 5
opera/opera_browser < 7.54
Published May 02, 2005
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026