TITLE:
Safari "Javascript Disabled" Status Bar Spoofing

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA13047

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13047/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
>From remote

SOFTWARE:
Safari 1.x
http://secunia.com/product/1543/

DESCRIPTION:
A weakness has been discovered in Safari, which can be exploited by
malicious people to trick users into visiting a malicious website by
obfuscating URLs.

For more information:
SA13015

Successful exploitation allows a malicious web site to obfuscate URLs
in the status bar, even when javascript support has been disabled.

The vulnerability has been confirmed in version 1.2.3. Other versions
may also be affected.

SOLUTION:
Never follow links from untrusted sources.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Reported in Safari by:
dereklam

Vulnerability originally discovered by:
Benjamin Tobias Franz

OTHER REFERENCES:
SA13015:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13015/

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