CVE-2008-1999 (GCVE-0-2008-1999)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2008-04-28 18:21 – Updated: 2024-08-07 08:41
VLAI
Summary
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1347 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html x_refsource_MISC
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491192/100… mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3833 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
http://secunia.com/advisories/29900 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIA
Date Public
2008-04-22 00:00
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