CVE-2005-0233

Public Exploit

Description

The 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.

7.5

CVSS

Severity: High

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 8.58% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory novell.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory redhat.com Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory gentoo.org Vendor Advisory org.uk Vendor Advisory mozilla.org Vendor Advisory shmoo.com Vendor Advisory shmoo.com

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt	vendor advisory broken link exploit
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236	third party advisory vdb entry
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html	vendor advisory broken link mailing list exploit
http://www.shmoo.com/idn	vendor advisory broken link exploit
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html	patch exploit vendor advisory broken link
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229	signature vdb entry tool signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029	signature vdb entry tool signature
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html	vendor advisory broken link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html	vendor advisory broken link
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	patch exploit vendor advisory third party advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	patch exploit vendor advisory third party advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2	mailing list
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461	broken link third party advisory vdb entry
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html	patch exploit vendor advisory third party advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-2005-0233?: CVE-2005-0233 has been scored as a high severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-2005-0233?: To fix CVE-2005-0233, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-2005-0233 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-2005-0233 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~9% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.