MEDIUM
WebKit: address bar spoofing using URLs with spaces
Published Apr 28, 2008
5.0
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.41%
Description
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.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
5.0 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Low
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact None
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact None
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.41% 0.01407
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01407
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (10 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.41% (0.01407) | 71.62th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.41% (0.01407) | 69.00th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.52% (0.00516) | 64.68th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 2.04% (0.02038) | 89.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| May 4, 2024 | 1.48% (0.01484) | 86.71th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 1.37% (0.01372) | 84.19th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.27th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 23, 2023 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 71.23th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 69.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.32% (0.01319) | 44.98th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (0)
No CWE recorded.
References (10)
- http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://secunia.com/advisories/29900 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory
- http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3833 third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON
- http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491192/100/0/threaded mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1347 vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN
- https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1999 Vendor Advisory
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445357 Issue Tracking
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41981 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
- https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1999
- https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1999
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/pruebasafari3.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://secunia.com/advisories/29900 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAVendor Advisory | |
| http://securityreason.com/securityalert/3833 | third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SREASON | |
| http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/491192/100/0/threaded | mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ | |
| http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/1347 | vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPEN | |
| https://access.redhat.com/security/cve/CVE-2008-1999 | Vendor Advisory | |
| https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=445357 | Issue Tracking | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/41981 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF | |
| https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-1999 | ||
| https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2008-1999 |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Apr 28, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Apr 28, 2008
Link CVE-2008-1999
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a