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Re: GAYER THAN AIDS ADVISORY #01: IE 5 remote code execution


From: Cael Abal <lists2 () onryou com>
Date: Sun, 15 Feb 2004 14:35:42 -0500

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|> .. Rrrrriiiiggghhhttt.  Way to go, using a signed integer for an
|> offset.  Now all we have to do is create a BMP with bfOffBits > 2^31,
|
| I would caution everyone against assuming that this code has not
| been altered since it left the confines of Redmond. If I were
| to steal Microsoft code and release it to the Internet, I'd be
| tempted to make a few strategic modifications first, just to
| stir things up.  Especially if I were, shall we say, not exactly
| a Microsoft fan...

Interesting point, but keep in mind the original author also included a
POC which (reportedly, unconfirmed) affected IE5.  That'd suggest it is
indeed Redmond code.

C

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