CVE-2018-20070 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name.

Published: 2019-01-09

Score: 6.5 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

Google

Chrome

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`unspecified`	affected	< 71.0.3578.80

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2018-12645	Incorrect handling of confusable characters in URL Formatter in Google Chrome prior to 71.0.3578.80 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Network

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact High

Availability Impact None

User Interaction Required

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Medium

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00159.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/12/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html
https://crbug.com/895885

History

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Subscriptions

Google Chrome

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: Chrome

Published: 2019-01-09T19:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T11:51:18.976Z

Reserved: 2018-12-11T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2018-20070

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2019-01-09T19:29:03.603

Modified: 2024-11-21T04:00:50.817

Link: CVE-2018-20070

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

CWE-20

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