Address bar on Apple iOS 5.1’s Safari browser vulnerable to spoofing
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Thursday, 22 March 2012 10:39

iOS 5.1 Safari Browser Spoof

Given the large number of users on the iOS platform, vulnerabilities are constantly exposed. The weaknesses can be anything from within the filesystem, kernel or even on the surface, with their applications. Today, another vulnerability has surfaced and it has something to do with the Safari browser on iOS 5.1 renders website addresses which can be used by less than innocent parties to display a different URL to which is actually being visited.

The loophole was found by David Viera-Kurz from a company called MajorSecurity and the associated advisory details an error in how Safari handles the Javascript window.open() method  (to open a new window in the browser) The loophole could possibly be used to exploit users into accessing and supplying sensitive information to a malicious website.

Read more http://www.uberphones.com/2012/03/address-bar-on-apple-ios-5-1-safar/



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