Description
Visual truncation vulnerability in Mozilla 1.7.12 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks via a long hostname, which is truncated after a certain number of characters, as demonstrated by a phishing attack using HTTP Basic Authentication.
Metrics
CVSS 2.0 6.4/10
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:NAffected software
| Vendor | Product | Versions |
|---|---|---|
| n/a | n/a | n/a |
References
- http://osvdb.org/43466
- http://testing.bitsploit.de/test.html
- http://www.0x000000.com/?i=334Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24352Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34983
- http://osvdb.org/43466
- http://testing.bitsploit.de/test.html
- http://www.0x000000.com/?i=334Exploit
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/24352Exploit
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/34983
Timeline
- Published
- Jun 11, 2007
- Last modified
- Jun 16, 2026
- NVD status
- Modified