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KDE KMail User Interface Spoofing Vulnerability
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14925
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Release Date:
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2005-04-11
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Popularity:
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9,029 views
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Critical:
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Less critical
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Impact:
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Spoofing
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | KDE 3.x
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| CVE reference: | CVE-2005-0404
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Description:
Noam Rathaus has discovered a vulnerability in KMail, which can be exploited by malicious people to conduct spoofing attacks.
The vulnerability is caused due to an error where HTML code can overlay part of the user interface. This can e.g. be exploited to trick a user into believing a specially crafted mail is signed and coming from a trusted source.
Successful exploitation requires that the option "Prefer HTML to plain text" is enabled (not default setting).
The vulnerability has been confirmed in KMail 1.7.1 on KDE 3.3.1. KDE 3.3.2 is reportedly also affected. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Disable the "Prefer HTML to plain text" setting.
Provided and/or discovered by:
Noam Rathaus
Original Advisory:
http://bugs.kde.org/show_bug.cgi?id=96020
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