National Cyber-Alert System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2008-1999

Overview

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.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: apple-safari-user-addressbar-spoofing(41981)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41981

External Source: BUGTRAQ

Name: 20080422 Safari 3.1.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities for windows

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/archive/1/491192/100/0/threaded

External Source: VUPEN

Name: ADV-2008-1347

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://www.frsirt.com/english/advisories/2008/1347

External Source: SREASON

Name: 3833

Hyperlink:http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3833

External Source: SECUNIA

Name: 29900

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://secunia.com/advisories/29900

External Source: MISC

Name: http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html

Hyperlink:http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html