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Self-Executing HTML: Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (http-equiv@excite.com)
Sun Jun 2 20:43:04 2002
Message-Id: <200206011442.g51EgAce035345@mail8.megamailservers.com>
Date: Sat, 1 Jun 2002 14:42:10 -0000
To: <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>, <NTBugtraq@listserv.ntbugtraq.com>
From: "http-equiv@excite.com" <http-equiv@malware.com>
Cc: <vuln-dev@securityfocus.com>
Reply-To: http-equiv@malware.com
Saturday, June 01, 200
The following file is an html file comprising both scripting and a
complied help file [*.chm].
We inject scripting into the actual help file which is designed to
point back to the html file and execute it. Provided the html file
name contains the 'word' chm in it, Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0
executes it.
Because it is an html file proper, Internet Explorer opens it. The
scripting inside is then parsed and fired. That scripting is pointing
back to the same file with a showHelp call and because that is
precisely what it is, it executes !
Tested on win98 IE5.5 and IE6. Constructed for win98:
[harmless *.exe - requires positioning of Mshta.exe @
C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM]
http://www.malware.com/html.zip
Be aware of html files out there.
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