Vulnerability in Apple Safari
CVE-2008-1999
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 · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.014 (71.6th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 72nd percentile — 71.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.014 · newest: 0.014 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Apple Safari — versions 3.1.1
References
- www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1347 (vdb-entry)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41981 (vdb-entry)
- es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491192/100/0/threaded (mailing-list)
- securityreason.com/securityalert/3833 (third-party-advisory)
- secunia.com/advisories/29900 (Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)