PT-2008-3520 · Apple · Safari

Published 2008-04-28 · Updated 2018-10-11 · CVE-2008-1999

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple Safari version 3.1.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar by placing many "invisible" characters in the userinfo subcomponent of the authority component of the URL, specifically in the user field. This can be achieved by using sequences such as %E3%80%80.

Recommendations For Apple Safari version 3.1.1, update to a newer version to mitigate the risk of address bar spoofing.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-1999

Affected Products

Safari

References · 8

• http://secunia.com/advisories/29900 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1999 · Security Note
• http://securityfocus.com/archive/1/491192/100/0/threaded · Note
• http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/41981 · Note
• http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html · Note
• http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3833 · Note
• http://vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1347 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41981 · Note