Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published May 2, 2005· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2005-0236

Description

The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Omniweb 5 allows remote attackers to spoof domain names using punycode encoded domain names that are decoded in URLs and SSL certificates in a way that uses homograph characters from other character sets, which facilitates phishing attacks.

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Affected products

Omnigroup/Omniweb
cpe:2.3:a:omnigroup:omniweb:5:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Patches

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References

lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlnvdExploitVendor Advisory
www.shmoo.com/idnnvdExploit
marc.infonvd
www.securityfocus.com/bid/12461nvd
www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtnvd
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/19236nvd

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