Apple Safari 3.1.1 authentication spoofing

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability categorized as critical has been discovered in Apple Safari 3.1.1. This affects an unknown part. Such manipulation leads to authentication spoofing. This vulnerability is documented as CVE-2008-1999. There is not any exploit available.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari 3.1.1 (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality. 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 integrity. CVE summarizes:

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.

The bug was discovered 04/24/2008. The weakness was released 04/28/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared for download at xforce.iss.net. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2008-1999 since 04/28/2008. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 4 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

There is no information about possible countermeasures known. It may be suggested to replace the affected object with an alternative product.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (41981), OSVDB (44658†), Secunia (SA29900†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-18779†). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at VDB-42178 and VDB-42177. VulDB is the best source for vulnerability data and more expert information about this specific topic.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.0

VulDB Base Score: 5.3
VulDB Temp Score: 5.0
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Class: Authentication spoofing
CWE: CWE-290 / CWE-287
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Status: Proof-of-Concept

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: no mitigation known
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Timelineinfo

04/24/2008 🔍
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04/28/2008 +4 days 🔍
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07/10/2008 +73 days 🔍
03/16/2015 +2440 days 🔍
08/13/2019 +1611 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-2008-1999 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2008-1999
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-42176
X-Force: 41981
Secunia: 29900
OSVDB: 44658 - CVE-2008-1999 - Apple - Safari - Spoofing Issue
Vulnerability Center: 18779 - Apple Safari 3.1.1 Remote Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability, Medium
Vupen: ADV-2008-1347

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/16/2015 17:00
Updated: 08/13/2019 06:38
Changes: 03/16/2015 17:00 (57), 08/13/2019 06:38 (6)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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