[32149] in bugtraq
Re: Internet Explorer and Opera local zone restriction bypass
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Jort Slobbe)
Fri Oct 24 19:22:02 2003
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Date: Fri, 24 Oct 2003 21:02:41 +0200
From: Jort Slobbe <jortslobbe@hetnet.nl>
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To: Mindwarper * <mindwarper@linuxmail.org>
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Mindwarper * wrote:
>Internet Explorer and Opera local zone restriction bypass.
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>Vendor Information:
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>Homepage : http://www.microsoft.com
>Vendor : informed
>Mailed advisory: 23/10/03
>Vender Response : None yet
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>Affected Versions:
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>All version of IE 6
>Possibly 5.x too
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>Description:
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>Microsoft Internet Explorer does not allow local file access by a remote host by default.
>By creating an iframe which points on a specially crafted cgi script (using the location header
>to confuse IE), it is possible to cause IE to execute any local file through the iframe with local
>zone restrictions. This then allows remote arbitrary file execution on the victim without having
>the victim do a thing except load the page.
>Opera seems to not only be affected by this vulnerability, but it also allows direct
>local file access through iframes without any cgi scripts. Unlike IE where it is possible
>to set activex objects to execute arbitrary files, in Opera it is not. There may be a way,
>but I am currently not aware of any.
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>Exploit:
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>I have created a proof of concept page, but I did not show or explain how the cgi scripts
>nor the flash file work exactly to prevent kiddie abuse.
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>For IE: http://www.mlsecurity.com/ie/ie.htm
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>For Opera: <iframe name="abc" src="file:///C:/"></iframe>
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>Solution:
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>Check Microsoft's website frequently until a new patch comes out.
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>Contact:
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>- Mindwarper
>- mindwarper@linuxmail.org
>- http://mlsecurity.com
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It doesn't work here. I have win2k sp4 with IE6 sp1. I didn't see the
weird stuff in the iframe. I have clicked 10 times refresh and the
Iframe is as blank as possible ;). When i clicked on the go go go button
nothing were created. Maybe i'm not vurnable?
Regards
Jort
