CVE-2005-0236

The 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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 5.0 Medium

Status

Modified - secalert@redhat.com

Published

2005-05-02

Last modified

2024-08-07

Affected products

• Omniweb (Omnigroup)

References

• http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461
• http://www.shmoo.com/idn
• http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236