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RE: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability
From: "Kristian Hermansen" <khermansen () ht-technology com>
Date: Thu, 11 Dec 2003 00:15:10 -0500
Shouldn't M$ be held responsible dude? The guy who discovered the flaw didn't produce the bad code, M$ did. If anything, M$ should be sued for rushing the product to market. And let the flames begin as this topic has been discussed all too many times before. If you don't like the idea of "FULL DISCLOSURE", then why are you on this mailing list? Kristian Hermansen khermansen () ht-technology com -----Original Message----- On Wed, 10 Dec 2003 09:23:40 +0100 (CET) Feher Tamas <etomcat () freemail hu> wrote:
Proof-of-Concept here: http://www.zapthedingbat.com/security/ex01/vun1.htm Vendor Notified 09 December, 2003Unless 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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Current thread:
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability, (continued)
- 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 William Warren (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Exibar (Dec 10)
- RE: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Rui Pereira (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Exibar (Dec 10)
- RE: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Rui Pereira (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Exibar (Dec 10)
- RE: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Kristian Hermansen (Dec 11)
- RE: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Karlis Zigurs (Dec 11)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Valdis . Kletnieks (Dec 11)
- RE: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Rainer Gerhards (Dec 10)
- Re: RE: FWD: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Georgi Guninski (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability S G Masood (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability John Sage (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability Daniel H. Renner (Dec 10)
- Re: Re: Internet Explorer URL parsing vulnerability petard (Dec 10)