Domain spoofing via crafted download hostname
Published Jan 23, 2024 · Updated Jun 20, 2025
UI misrepresentation in Google Chrome before 121.0.6167.85 allows remote attackers to spoof a domain through a crafted domain name. The flaw resides in the Downloads component, but Google has not published the specific validation or display operation that mishandles the crafted name. Exploitation requires user interaction with attacker-controlled content and can misrepresent domain identity without reading data or interrupting the browser.
Summary
What happened
UI misrepresentation in Google Chrome before 121.0.6167.85 allows remote attackers to spoof a domain through a crafted domain name. The flaw resides in the Downloads component, but Google has not published the specific validation or display operation that mishandles the crafted name. Exploitation requires user interaction with attacker-controlled content and can misrepresent domain identity without reading data or interrupting the browser.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2024-0805
- Published
- Jan 23, 2024
- Updated
- Jun 20, 2025
- Vendor
- Google Cloud
- Product
- Google Chrome
- Classifications
- CWE-451
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jan 23, 2024CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Jun 20, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=121.0.6167.85 <121.0.6167.85
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