VULHUB ™

A weakness is reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Opera allowing an attacker to obfuscate the URI of a link. This could facilitate the impersonation of legitimate web sites in order to steal sensitive information from unsuspecting users. An attacker may exploit this weakness to make a user think they are visiting a legitimate site, when in reality they are being redirected to an attacker controlled site. Update: an attacker may be able to use this issue to bypass zone restrictions in Internet Explorer. Opera 7.51 is also affected.

A weakness is reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer and Opera allowing an attacker to obfuscate the URI of a link. This could facilitate the impersonation of legitimate web sites in order to steal sensitive information from unsuspecting users. An attacker may exploit this weakness to make a user think they are visiting a legitimate site, when in reality they are being redirected to an attacker controlled site. Update: an attacker may be able to use this issue to bypass zone restrictions in Internet Explorer. Opera 7.51 is also affected.