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RE: iDEFENSE Security Advisory 04.08.05: Microsoft Multiple E-Mail Client Address Spoofing Vulnerability

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Larry Seltzer)
Tue Apr 12 22:42:05 2005

From: "Larry Seltzer" <larry@larryseltzer.com>
To: "'iDEFENSE Labs'" <labs-no-reply@idefense.com>,
        <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>, <vulnwatch@vulnwatch.org>
Date: Sat, 9 Apr 2005 13:30:31 -0400
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>>Within the SMTP header, when the From field contains multiple
comma-separated addresses, Outlook and OWA will only display the first
address.  

Why is this called a "spoofing vulnerability"? It's not like the From:
address in SMTP is reliable anyway.

Larry Seltzer
eWEEK.com Security Center Editor
http://security.eweek.com/
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larryseltzer@ziffdavis.com 



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