CVE-2018-17473
Google Chrome Confusable Character Spoofing Vulnerability
Description
Incorrect handling of confusable characters in Omnibox in Google Chrome prior to 70.0.3538.67 allowed a remote attacker to spoof the contents of the Omnibox (URL bar) via a crafted domain name.
INFO
Published Date :
Nov. 14, 2018, 3:29 p.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 21, 2024, 3:54 a.m.
Remotely Exploit :
Yes !
Source :
[email protected]
Affected Products
The following products are affected by CVE-2018-17473
vulnerability.
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CVSS Scores
| Score | Version | Severity | Vector | Exploitability Score | Impact Score | Source |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| CVSS 2.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] | ||||
| CVSS 3.0 | MEDIUM | [email protected] |
Solution
- Upgrade to Chrome version 70.0.3538.67 or later.
- Update the affected Chromium packages.
References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools
Here, you will find a curated list of external links that provide in-depth
information, practical solutions, and valuable tools related to
CVE-2018-17473.
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
While CVE identifies
specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-2018-17473 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-2018-17473
weaknesses.
We scan GitHub repositories to detect new proof-of-concept exploits. Following list is a collection of public exploits and proof-of-concepts, which have been published on GitHub (sorted by the most recently updated).
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The following list is the news that have been mention
CVE-2018-17473 vulnerability anywhere in the article.
The following table lists the changes that have been made to the
CVE-2018-17473 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 21, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 Added Reference https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Added Reference https://crbug.com/882078 Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CVE Source Update by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed Source Google Inc. Chrome -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 07, 2023
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference Chrome https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://crbug.com/882078 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html [No types assigned] Added Reference Chrome http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 [No types assigned] Removed Reference Google Inc. https://crbug.com/882078 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Removed Reference Google Inc. https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 Removed Reference Google Inc. http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 Removed Reference Google Inc. https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 -
CWE Remap by [email protected]
Aug. 24, 2020
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CWE CWE-20 NVD-CWE-noinfo -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Dec. 18, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added CVSS V2 Metadata Victim must voluntarily interact with attack mechanism Added CVSS V2 (AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N) Added CVSS V3 AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:N/I:L/A:N Changed Reference Type https://crbug.com/882078 No Types Assigned https://crbug.com/882078 Permissions Required, Vendor Advisory Changed Reference Type http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 No Types Assigned http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry Changed Reference Type https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 No Types Assigned https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 No Types Assigned https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 No Types Assigned https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 Third Party Advisory Changed Reference Type https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html No Types Assigned https://chromereleases.googleblog.com/2018/10/stable-channel-update-for-desktop.html Release Notes, Vendor Advisory Added CWE CWE-20 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:google:chrome:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* versions up to (excluding) 70.0.3538.67 Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_desktop:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_server:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* *cpe:2.3:o:redhat:linux_workstation:6.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* Added CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:o:debian:debian_linux:9.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 24, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://security.gentoo.org/glsa/201811-10 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Nov. 15, 2018
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference https://www.debian.org/security/2018/dsa-4330 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference https://access.redhat.com/errata/RHSA-2018:3004 [No Types Assigned] Added Reference http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/105666 [No Types Assigned]
Vulnerability Scoring Details
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Base CVSS Score: 4.3
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
0.91 }} -0.04%
score
0.74995
percentile