CVE-2021-40835

URL Address Bar Spoofing in F-Secure SAFE Browser for iOS

Published Dec 16, 2021 CVSS 3.1 · 4.6 Medium EPSS < 1% KEV · Not listed
Description
An URL Address bar spoofing vulnerability was discovered in Safe Browser for iOS. When user clicks on a specially crafted a malicious URL, if user does not carefully pay attention to url, user may be tricked to think content may be coming from a valid domain, while it comes from another. This is performed by using a very long username part of the url so that user cannot see the domain name. A remote attacker can leverage this to perform url address bar spoofing attack. The fix is, browser no longer shows the user name part in address bar.

Remediation

Vendor Solution

Upgrade to version 18.5 or newer from the App Store

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Advisories

Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-2021-27992 An URL Address bar spoofing vulnerability was discovered in Safe Browser for iOS. When user clicks on a specially crafted a malicious URL, if user does not carefully pay attention to url, user may be tricked to think content may be coming from a valid domain, while it comes from another. This is performed by using a very long username part of the url so that user cannot see the domain name. A remote attacker can leverage this to perform url address bar spoofing attack. The fix is, browser no longer shows the user name part in address bar.
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Status
PUBLISHED
Assigner
F-SecureUS
Published
Updated
Aug 4, 2024, 2:51 AM
Reserved
Sep 9, 2021, 12:00 AM
Status
Modified
Published
Dec 16, 2021, 11:15 AM
Modified
Jun 17, 2026, 4:07 AM