CVE-2008-5825

Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2009-01-02 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-59

Description

The SmartPoster implementation on the Nokia 6131 Near Field Communication (NFC) phone with 05.12 firmware does not properly display the URI record when the Title record contains a certain combination of space, CR (aka \r), and . (dot) characters, which allows remote attackers to trick a user into loading an arbitrary URI via a crafted NDEF tag, as demonstrated by (1) an http: URI for a malicious web site, (2) a tel: URI for a premium-rate telephone number, and (3) an sms: URI that triggers purchase of a ringtone.

Affected products

Nokia 6131 Nfc: 05.12

References

http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/0186.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-08/0344.html
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/attachments/1109_collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones_slim.pdf
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/events/2639.en.html
http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_25c3_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
http://www.mulliner.org/nfc/feed/collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones.pdf
http://www.mulliner.org/security/advisories/nokia6131nfc_uri_spoofing_and_dos_advisory.txt
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30716
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/44527
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2008-08/0186.html
http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/fulldisclosure/2008-08/0344.html
http://events.ccc.de/congress/2008/Fahrplan/attachments/1109_collin_mulliner_eusecwest08_attacking_nfc_phones_slim.pdf

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