Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Omniweb 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
- 20050208 International Domain Name [IDN] support in modern browsers allows attackers to spoof domain name URLs + SSL certs. mailing-list
- 12461 vdb-entry