RE: FW: [Fwd: Re: AIM Password theft]

["Thor Larholm" <thor () pivx com>]

Mark,
 
You are correct, I should not have replied to Mark when I had not yet had my morning coffee. The dynamic rendering of 
OBJECT elements still trigger the HTA functionality exposed in Windows. Personally, though, I see this as an unrelated 
vulnerability regarding static/dynamic code rendering which has a greater impact than just allowing HTA code to execute.
 
Both GM#001 and thePulls POC, which malware cites, are one and the same issue instead of two separate, they both 
trigger the dynamic rendering of HTML instead of the static - GM#001 just does this without requiring scripting.
 
 
Regards
Thor Larholm
PivX Solutions, LLC - Senior Security Researcher
http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched - Unpatched IE vulnerabilities

        -----Original Message----- 
        From: Bassett, Mark [mailto:mbassett () omaha com] 
        Sent: Wed 9/24/2003 7:57 AM 
        To: Thor Larholm; NTBugtraq; full-disclosure () lists netsys com; list () dshield org 
        Cc: 
        Subject: RE: [Full-disclosure] FW: [Fwd: Re: AIM Password theft]
        

        Actually the MS03-032 patch doesn't stop the object data vulnerability.
        
        
        Check it here... http://www.secunia.com/MS03-032/
        I am patched with MS03-032 ( Q822925 ) but am still vulnerable.
        
        Possibly the particular version at haxr.org is the exploit that the
        patch
        fixes but if it is, it could easily be modified to the vuln that still
        works.  Only way to really stop it is kill your activex scripting for
        untrusted sites.
        
        

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