bugtraq - Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skype

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Message-ID: <BAY124-DAV13A9BE1759FC8B80031295D9A40@phx.gbl>
Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2007 03:51:52 -0700
From: "Morning Wood" <se_cur_ity@...mail.com>
To: "Thierry Zoller" <Thierry@...ler.lu>,
	<bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>, <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, Netscape,Miranda, Skype

these work inside OE, default with html turned off
they do not work when clicked from a normal
local html.

----- Original Message ----- 
From: "Thierry Zoller" <Thierry@...ler.lu>
To: <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>; <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>
Sent: Saturday, October 06, 2007 8:06 AM
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] URI handling woes in Acrobat Reader, 
Netscape,Miranda, Skype


> Dear All,
>
> mailto:test%../../../../windows/system32/calc.exe".cmd
> I would deem 1 and 3 as resonable (intented) behaviour.
>
>>2) now do the very same thing on a system with Windows XP and IE7.
>>calc.exe is executed.
> Confirmed here, that's definately a Problem, and should be linked to
> the Windows URI Handler. (IMHO)
>
>
> The behaviour is this :
> The extension determines the handler to use to shell
> "../../../../windows/system32/calc.exe"
>
> Example :
> mailto:test%../../../../windows/system32/calc.exe".cmd
> Usese the cmd handler to open calc (which executes)
>
> mailto:test%../../../../windows/system32/calc.exe".txt
> uses notepad and tries to open calc.
>
> Somethings definately broken with the URI handler (imho)
>
>
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