full-disclosure - 3 new MS patches next week... but none fix 0x01!

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From: psz at maths.usyd.edu.au (Paul Szabo)
Subject: 3 new MS patches next week... but none fix 0x01!

> ... and I've got this question for the list:
>
> This really long 'form action' item
> http://www.citibank.com:achaaa9uwdtyazjwvwaaaa9p398haaa9uwdtyazjwvwaboundpyw
> wgc2l6zt00pjxtvgc2l6zt00pjxywwgc2l6zt00pjxt398haaa9uwdtyazjwvwaaoundpywwgc2l
> 6zt00pjxtvgc2l6zt00pjxvgc2l6zt00pjxt@....239.150.170/login/form.php
>
> obviously contains the 0x01 exploit. What I'm curious about is the HUGE
> amount of crap in between the : and the @ sign. I mean, if the 0x01 exploit
> is 'good enough', what's with the extra characters?

Hmmm... where in there do you see %01? No, that is no 0x01 exploit, but
just user:password@...t quasi-RFC-compliant usage. The string is long so
as to leave the user staring at the citibank+gibberish part, not to be
made suspicious of the @IP part.

Cheers,

Paul Szabo - psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au  http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au:8000/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics  University of Sydney   2006  Australia