A new vulnerability was reported in several web browsers, which may be exploited by attackers to conduct phishing/spoofing attacks and display fake domain names. The problem resides in the IDN (International Domain Name) implementation and occurs when handling malformed URLs containing specially crafted characters, which may be exploited to spoof SSL certificates and the URL displayed in the address/status bar.
Example :
The URL https://www.pаypal.com will display https://www.paypal.com (and points to https://www.xn--pypal-4ve.com)
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