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Re: Pine 4.33 (at least) URL handler allows embedded commands.

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Michal Zalewski)
Mon Jan 7 03:06:02 2002

Date: Sun, 6 Jan 2002 17:37:43 -0500 (EST)
From: Michal Zalewski <lcamtuf@coredump.cx>
To: zen-parse <zen-parse@gmx.net>
Cc: bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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On Sat, 5 Jan 2002, zen-parse wrote:

> Problem:		URL handler allows embedded commands.
> 			May allow email viruses of the Outlook kind.

>   http://address/'&/some/program${IFS}with${IFS}arguments&'

Isn't that old news? http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/810

I *can* be wrong, but it looks like it is the same problem...

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