Homograph Spoofing Vulnerability in Safari 1.2.5

Homograph Spoofing Vulnerability in Safari 1.2.5

CVE-2005-0234 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:N/AC:L/AU:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Safari 1.2.5 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.

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