Description
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.
Published: 2008-04-28
Score: 5.0 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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Advisories
Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2008-1997 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.
History

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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-07T08:41:00.241Z

Reserved: 2008-04-28T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2008-1999

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2008-04-28T20:05:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-23T00:35:47.467

Link: CVE-2008-1999

cve-icon Redhat

Severity : Moderate

Publid Date: 2008-04-22T00:00:00Z

Links: CVE-2008-1999 - Bugzilla

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