CVE-2005-0237: kde
Vulnerability summary
CVE-2005-0237 is a medium (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability in kde. EPSS estimates a 1.63% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 75.9% of scored vulnerabilities. 2 public exploits are recorded.
Advisory lineage
Upstream 0 · Downstream 1Timeline
- 07-02-2005PublishedVulnerability first disclosed.
- 07-08-2024Last modifiedVulnerability information updated.
Description
The International Domain Name (IDN) support in Konqueror 3.2.1 on KDE 3.2.1 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.
CVSS metrics
1 score · 1 source · 1 versionEPSS trend
Probability
1.63%
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days
Percentile
76%
Versus all other CVEs
30-day change
0.00 pp
From 1.63% on 19-09-2026
Known exploited
Compare KEV catalogsNot in any of the 3 tracked catalogs.
Public exploits
2 foundExploit Reference (lists.grok.org.uk)
Maturity: unknown
Exploit Reference (shmoo.com)
Maturity: unknown
Weaknesses
CWE · root causeNo weakness data has been published for this record.
Affected systems
1 vendor · 2 products
References
12 links- www.shmoo.com/idn/homograph.txtX Refsource MISC
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031459.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISCExploitVendor Advisory
- lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-February/031460.htmlMailing ListX Refsource FULLDISCVendor Advisory
Show all 12 references
- oval.cisecurity.org/repository/search/definition/oval%3Aorg.mitre.oval%3Adef%3A10671VDB EntrySignatureX Refsource OVAL