full-disclosure - RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

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Date: Thu May 19 14:49:20 2005
From: Steveb at tshore.com (Steve Bostedor)
Subject: RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

Doesn't seem to be a problem in Outlook 2003.  I made one for
http://www.vncscan.com and then followed your instructions to change it
to www.hackme.com and it still went to hackme.com.  

- Steve Bostedor
http://www.vncscan.com
The Real VNC Manager

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bakchodiya [mailto:bakchodiya@...oo.com] 
> Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:28 PM
> To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
> Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
> Subject: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook
> 
> An issue has been discovered in MS Outlook (All
> Versions) where anyone can fake a URL & send it across.
> 
> How does it work:
> 
> Lets compose an email in MS Outlook, lets type
> 
> 
> http://www.cybertrion.com & put a space after it to make it a 
> link. Now put your cursor just before cybertrion & type any 
> URL for eg: 
> http://www.foo-labs.info now send it to anyone. The receiver 
> will see the URL as http://www.foo-labs.info but when he 
> clicks on it it will directly take him to http://www.cybertrion.com
> 
> I am not sure how critical this is but it can fool alot of 
> people & result in download of a virus.
> 
> For more details and Discovered by:
> Cybertrion Systems,
> http://www.cybertrion.com
> 
> 
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