Apple Safari user field address bar spoofing

apple-safari-user-addressbar-spoofing (41981) The risk level is classified as LowLow Risk

Description:

Apple Safari could allow a remote attacker to spoof the address bar. An attacker could exploit this vulnerability via a specially-crafted URL containing certain characters in the user field to spoof the address bar or conduct phishing attacks.

Platforms Affected:

  • Apple, Safari 3.1.1

Remedy:

No remedy available as of June 27, 2009.

Consequences:

Other

References:

  • Apple Safari Web site, Download Safari at http://www.apple.com/safari/download/.
  • Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian Advisories, Multiple vulnerabilities in Safari 3.1.1 (525.17) at http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html.
  • BID-28891: Apple Safari 3.1.1 For Windows Multiple Denial of Service and Spoofing Vulnerabilities
  • CVE-2008-1999: Apple Safari 3.1.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by placing many invisible characters in the userinfo subcomponent of the authority component of the URL (aka the user field), as demonstrated by %E3%80%80 sequences.
  • SA29900: Safari Address Bar URL Spoofing Security Issue
  • VUPEN/ADV-2008-1347: Apple Safari URL Spoofing and Denial of Service Vulnerabilities

Reported:

Apr 24, 2008

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