bugtraq - Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability

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Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 17:37:57 -0200
From: Tiago Pierezan Camargo <tiago@...enova.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability


	Not true.. tested it on:

	Mozilla/5.0 (X11; U; Linux i686; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031110
Firebird/0.7

	Mozilla/5.0 (Windows; U; Windows NT 5.0; en-US; rv:1.5) Gecko/20031007
Firebird/0.7

Em Ter, 2003-12-09 às 22:13, Pedro Castro escreveu:
> It does also apply to Mozilla Firebird 0.7.
> 
> 
> 
> John W. Noerenberg II wrote:
> 
> > This exploit also applies to the Macintosh version of Explorer 
> > v5.2.3(5815.1)
> >
> >> From: <bugtraq@...thedingbat.com>
> >> To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
> >> Subject: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability
> >>
> >>
> >>
> >> Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability
> >> Vendor Notified 09 December, 2003
> >>
> >> # Vulnerability ##########
> >> There is a flaw in the way that Internet Explorer displays URLs in 
> >> the address bar.
> >>
> >> By opening a specially crafted URL an attacker can open a page that 
> >> appears to be from a different domain from the current location.
> >>
> >> # Exploit ##########
> >> By opening a window using the http://user@...ain nomenclature an 
> >> attacker can hide the real location of the page by including a 0x01 
> >> character after the "@" character.
> >> Internet Explorer doesn't display the rest of the URL making the page 
> >> appear to be at a different domain.
> >>
> >> # POC ##########
> >> http://www.zapthedingbat.com/security/ex01/vun1.htm
> >>
> >> # Tested ##########
> >> Internet Explorer
> >> Version 6.0.2800.1106C0
> >> Updates: SP1, Q810847, Q810351, Q822925, Q330994, Q828750, Q824145
> >>
> >> # Credit ##########
> >> Zap The Dingbat
> >> http://www.zapthedingbat.com/
> >
> >
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Tiago Pierezan Camargo
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