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Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability
From: Feher Tamas <etomcat () freemail hu>
Date: Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:23:40 +0100 (CET)
Proof-of-Concept here: http://www.zapthedingbat.com/security/ex01/vun1.htm Vendor Notified 09 December, 2003
Unless the bug has already been exploited by malicious people, it was a highly irresponsible act to disclose it to the public, without giving Microsoft a reasonable timeframe to produce a fix. It may even qualify as a crime! Considering the simplicity of this URL faking trick, it will be certainly see active use by scammers during this Christmas shopping season and thousands of people will be robbed of their online banking accounts, etc. The money will boost organized crime and the whole society will suffer. A patch would give customers at least a theoretical chance to protect themselves and the community. I certainly would not object to ZapDingbat getting sued for a few billion bucks by M$ or the US Gov't sending him to a long recreation at Guantanamo Bay. People like him discredit security research like nothing else and his acts contribute towards legislation that will curb people's right to investigate code. Regards: Tamas Feher. _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability, (continued)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability S G Masood (Dec 09)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability VeNoMouS (Dec 10)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 10)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Cedric Blancher (Dec 10)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability S G Masood (Dec 11)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability VeNoMouS (Dec 11)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability VeNoMouS (Dec 10)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Exibar (Dec 10)
- RES: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Cleber P. de Souza (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Frank de Wit (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Jedi/Sector One (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Ricardo Moura (Dec 12)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Clint Bodungen (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability S G Masood (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Clint Bodungen (Dec 10)
- RE: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Rui Pereira (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Exibar (Dec 10)