KDE Konqueror 3.5.7 URL Address Bar authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in KDE Konqueror 3.5.7. It has been classified as critical. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality of the component URL Address Bar. The manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is referenced as CVE-2007-4225. No exploit is available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in KDE Konqueror 3.5.7 (Web Browser). This issue affects an unknown code block of the component URL Address Bar. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a authentication spoofing vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-290. This attack-focused weakness is caused by incorrectly implemented authentication schemes that are subject to spoofing attacks. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:

Visual truncation vulnerability in KDE Konqueror 3.5.7 allows remote attackers to spoof the URL address bar via an http URI with a large amount of whitespace in the user/password portion.

The bug was discovered 08/06/2007. The weakness was published 08/08/2007 (Website). The advisory is shared at vupen.com. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2007-4225 since 08/08/2007. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 2 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $0-$5k. The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 27728 (Fedora 7 : kdelibs-3.5.7-20.fc7 (2007-1699)), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Fedora Local Security Checks and running in the context l.

Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published 2 weeks after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (35829), Tenable (27728), OSVDB (37244†), Secunia (SA26351†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1018579†). Similar entries are available at VDB-38224 and VDB-37855. Several companies clearly confirm that VulDB is the primary source for best vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 7.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 6.6

VulDB Base Score: 7.3
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
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Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Nessus ID: 27728
Nessus Name: Fedora 7 : kdelibs-3.5.7-20.fc7 (2007-1699)
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OpenVAS ID: 59016
OpenVAS Name: Slackware Advisory SSA:2007-264-01 kdebase, kdelibs
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: kde.org

Advisory: vupen.com⛔
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2007-4225 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2007-4225
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-38225

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X-Force: 35829
Secunia: 26351
OSVDB: 37244 - CVE-2007-4225 - KDE Konqueror - Visual Truncation Issue
SecurityTracker: 1018579
Vulnerability Center: 16010 - KDE Konqueror Vulnerability Allows Remote Attacker Address Bar Spoofing via Crafted Http URI, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2007-2807

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/15/2015 15:58
Updated: 07/25/2019 15:43
Changes: 03/15/2015 15:58 (78), 07/25/2019 15:43 (5)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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