CVE-2008-1999

medium

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41981

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1347

http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491192/100/0/threaded

http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3833

http://secunia.com/advisories/29900

http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-04-28

Updated: 2026-06-16

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 6.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N