Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Safari 1.2.5 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.
References
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txt
- multiple-browsers-idn-spoof(19236) vdb-entry
- 20050206 state of homograph attacks mailing-list
- http://www.shmoo.com/idn
- APPLE-SA-2005-03-21 vendor-advisory
- 20050208 International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs. mailing-list
- 12461 vdb-entry