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CVE-2005-0233 Details

Description

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Firefox 1.0, Camino .8.5, and Mozilla before 1.7.6 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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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URL	Source(s)	Tag(s)
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html	CVE	Broken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2	CVE	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236	CVE	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029	CVE	Tool Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229	CVE	Tool Signature
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	CVE	ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	CVE	ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html	CVE	ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html	CVE	Broken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html	CVE	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461	CVE	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.shmoo.com/idn	CVE	Broken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt	CVE	Broken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.html	[email protected]	Broken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=110782704923280&w=2	[email protected]	Mailing List
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236	[email protected]	Third Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A100029	[email protected]	Tool Signature
https://oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A11229	[email protected]	Tool Signature
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-10.xml	[email protected]	ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.gentoo.org/security/en/glsa/glsa-200503-30.xml	[email protected]	ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.mozilla.org/security/announce/mfsa2005-29.html	[email protected]	ExploitPatchThird Party AdvisoryVendor Advisory
http://www.novell.com/linux/security/advisories/2005_16_mozilla_firefox.html	[email protected]	Broken LinkExploitPatchVendor Advisory
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-176.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.redhat.com/support/errata/RHSA-2005-384.html	[email protected]	Broken Link
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461	[email protected]	Broken LinkThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
http://www.shmoo.com/idn	[email protected]	Broken LinkExploitVendor Advisory
http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt	[email protected]	Broken LinkExploitVendor Advisory

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Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID	CWE Name	Source
NVD-CWE-noinfo	Insufficient Information to Classify Weakness	[email protected]

Affected Products

Product	Versions
mozilla camino	0.8.5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:camino:0.8.5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla firefox	1.0
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:firefox:1.0:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
mozilla mozilla	< 1.7.6
CPE cpe:2.3:a:mozilla:mozilla:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
omnigroup omniweb	5
CPE cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.
opera opera browser	<= 7.54
CPE cpe:2.3:a:opera:opera_browser:::::::: Remediation No remediation found in references.
opera software opera web browser	7.54
CPE cpe:2.3:a:opera_software:opera_web_browser:7.54:::::::* Remediation No remediation found in references.

Change History

9 change records found show changes

Date	Action	Recorded By
Jun 16, 2026	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Apr 16, 2026		[email protected]
Nov 20, 2024	CVE Modified	CVE
May 14, 2024	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Feb 28, 2022	Modified Analysis	[email protected]
Oct 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jul 11, 2017	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Oct 18, 2016	CVE Modified	[email protected]
Jun 6, 2005	Initial Analysis	[email protected]

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