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Message-ID: <CAHZU0yQh79ug-vrXw9orkD4=YO3EtAVDFSDZRK2j4HNiSSko4g@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Thu, 5 Feb 2015 12:37:52 +1000
From: Justin Steven <justin@...tinsteven.com>
To: "Ben Lincoln (F7EFC8C9 - FD)" <F7EFC8C9@...eaththewaves.net>
Cc: "fulldisclosure@...lists.org" <fulldisclosure@...lists.org>
Subject: Re: [FD] Major Internet Explorer Vulnerability - NOT Patched

> is this entirely an IE flaw, or is it tied to the use of Cloudflare by
the targeted site as well as the attacking site?

No, this is entirely an IE flaw. I've repro'd on domains that I know don't
use cloudflare, from a domain that doesn't use cloudflare.

There's a great teardown on this POC by @filedescriptor at
http://innerht.ml/blog/ie-uxss.html

--
Justin

On 5 February 2015 at 05:29, Ben Lincoln (F7EFC8C9 - FD) <
F7EFC8C9@...eaththewaves.net> wrote:

> So here's a possibly stupid question: is this entirely an IE flaw, or is
> it tied to the use of Cloudflare by the targeted site as well as the
> attacking site?
>
> I ask because:
>
> 1 - I tried to reproduce the attack in a number of ways without using
> CloudFlare, and was unsuccessful.
> 2 - Since I don't have access to a CloudFlare account, I used Burp to do a
> find/replace for proxied response headers and bodies on "
> www.dailymail.co.uk" and then "dailymail.co.uk" with a target domain
> which does not use Cloudflare, then accessed the Deusen demo page. The
> injection attempt failed.
> 3 - I then used Burp in the same way, but replaced "www.dailymail.co.uk"/"
> dailymail.co.uk" with a target domain which *does* use CloudFlare, and
> the injection attempt succeeded.
>
> If this is true, am I correct in thinking that while this definitely
> involves a vulnerability in IE, it also depends at least on targeting
> website owners who use JavaScript hosted on shared domains (CloudFlare, in
> this case), which is inherently riskier than hosting it all on one's own
> domain due to the way cross-domain security works in modern browsers?
>
> I don't have time to to a teardown on CloudFlare.JS, but does this also
> depend on some sort of code vulnerability in that file?
>
> Even if one or both of those caveats are true, it's a very impressive
> exploit, but I'd like to make sure the label "universal" is actually
> justified.
>
> Sorry if this has already been discussed elsewhere. I couldn't find
> anything when I looked.
>
> - Ben
>
>
> On 2015-02-02 12:53, Joey Fowler wrote:
>
>> Hi David,
>>
>> "nice" is an understatement here.
>>
>> I've done some testing with this one and, while there *are* quirks, it
>> most
>> definitely works. It even bypasses standard HTTP-to-HTTPS restrictions.
>>
>> As long as the page(s) being framed don't contain X-Frame-Options headers
>> (with `deny` or `same-origin` values), it executes successfully. Pending
>> the payload being injected, most Content Security Policies are also
>> bypassed (by injecting HTML instead of JavaScript, that is).
>>
>> It looks like, through this method, all viable XSS tactics are open!
>>
>> Nice find!
>>
>> Has this been reported to Microsoft outside (or within) this thread?
>>
>> --
>> Joey Fowler
>> Senior Security Engineer, Tumblr
>>
>>
>>
>> On Sat, Jan 31, 2015 at 9:18 AM, David Leo <david.leo@...sen.co.uk>
>> wrote:
>>
>>  Deusen just published code and description here:
>>> http://www.deusen.co.uk/items/insider3show.3362009741042107/
>>> which demonstrates the serious security issue.
>>>
>>> Summary
>>> An Internet Explorer vulnerability is shown here:
>>> Content of dailymail.co.uk can be changed by external domain.
>>>
>>> How To Use
>>> 1. Close the popup window("confirm" dialog) after three seconds.
>>> 2. Click "Go".
>>> 3. After 7 seconds, "Hacked by Deusen" is actively injected into
>>> dailymail.co.uk.
>>>
>>> Technical Details
>>> Vulnerability: Universal Cross Site Scripting(XSS)
>>> Impact: Same Origin Policy(SOP) is completely bypassed
>>> Attack: Attackers can steal anything from another domain, and inject
>>> anything into another domain
>>> Tested: Jan/29/2015 Internet Explorer 11 Windows 7
>>>
>>> If you like it, please reply "nice".
>>>
>>> Kind Regards,
>>>
>>>
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