CVEvulnerability

CVE-2007-3742

4.3 MEDIUM Published 2007-08-03 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2007-08-03
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 4.3 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Weaknesses: CWE-16, CWE-59

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari 3 Beta before Update 3.0.3, and iPhone before 1.0.1, does not properly handle the interaction between International Domain Name (IDN) support and Unicode fonts, which allows remote attackers to create a URL containing "look-alike characters" (homographs) and possibly perform phishing attacks.

Affected configurations

• apple safari (<= 3.0.2)

Related

Weakness · not in database (1)

CWE-16

Weakness · CWE (1)

CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access weakness

References

http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173 Patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306174 Patch
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3214 isc.sans.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/26287 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24636 Exploit, Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018488 www.securitytracker.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2730 www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2731 www.vupen.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35716 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306173 Patch
http://docs.info.apple.com/article.html?artnum=306174 Patch
http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=3214 isc.sans.org
http://secunia.com/advisories/26287 Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24636 Exploit, Patch
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1018488 www.securitytracker.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2730 www.vupen.com
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2007/2731 www.vupen.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/35716 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com