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Outlook 2000 and maybe others contain begin 666 filename.exe or filename.whatever
From: "Adonis.No.Spam" <adonis1 () videotron ca>
Date: Sun, 24 Mar 2002 08:07:37 -0500
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Affected : Outlook 2000 and maybe others :
Type : Create any file type by sending a body message that :
: contain begin 666 filename.exe or filename.whatever :
Date : 23-03-2002 :
Author : NtWaK0 @ www.SafeHack.com :
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Follow up on the first post. :
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After testing a bit more the beging uucode. I found that not only :
begin 666 will create an attachement file But any header that follow :
uucode standard. :
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I have attacked an extract of uucode defenition below. :
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The body of the message start with the word "begin 666" followed by :
any filename you like to create. :
This sequence of characters is identical to that of the header for a :
file attachment that is encoded in UUencode format. :
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For this reason, the message is incorrectly interpreted as an encoded :
attachment. :
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This problem only occurs in messages that you receive in plain text :
format. :
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This problem maybe occurs in Microsoft Outlook express too I did not :
test it... I am going to do more tests using the begin something. :
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This can lead to bigger problem. I just hope that microsoft work on it :
whenever they can. :
But if one line message body can create an attachement this of course :
does not lead to a SECURE mail client. :
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Test OS Applications <<< :
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Tested on Windows 2K with outlook 2000 and patchs :
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The Problem \ :
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The body of the message starts with the word "begin" followed by one :
space and the application that you like to RUN. :
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I have tried begin and two spaces and this did not lead to attachement :
creation. As mentioned in at MS site at the following URL: :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q265230 :
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But I was able to create attachement by sending begin 666 filename.exe :
See detail below. :
[Extracted From http://www.fht-esslingen.de/~clfuit00/sasnt/uucode/ ]
UUENCODE(5)
NAME
uuencode - format of an encoded uuencode file
DESCRIPTION
Files output by uuencode(1) consist of a header line, fol
lowed by a number of body lines, and a trailer line. The
uudecode(1) command will ignore any lines preceding the
header or following the trailer. Lines preceding a header
must not, of course, look like a header.
The header line is distinguished by having the first 6
characters begin The word begin is followed by a mode (in
octal), and a string which names the remote file. A space
separates the three items in the header line.
The body consists of a number of lines, each at most 62
characters long (including the trailing newline). These
consist of a character count, followed by encoded charac
ters, followed by a newline. The character count is a
single printing character, and represents an integer, the
number of bytes the rest of the line represents. Such
integers are always in the range from 0 to 63 and can be
determined by subtracting the character space (octal 40)
from the character.
Groups of 3 bytes are stored in 4 characters, 6 bits per
character. All are offset by a space to make the charac
ters printing. The last line may be shorter than the nor
mal 45 bytes. If the size is not a multiple of 3, this
fact can be determined by the value of the count on the
last line. Extra garbage will be included to make the
character count a multiple of 4. The body is terminated
by a line with a count of zero. This line consists of one
ASCII space.
The trailer line consists of end on a line by itself.
SEE ALSO
uuencode(1), uudecode(1), uusend(1), uucp(1), mail(1)
HISTORY
The uuencode file format appeared in BSD 4.0 .
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Proof-Of-Concept <<< :
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Test # 00 :
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Send your self a mail with a subject whatever you like. :
In the body type: begin 666 notepad.exe :
Click Send :
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Check your mail. Now you should have a mail with ATTACHEMENT. :
The attackement will be NOTEPAD.EXE. :
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If you have your outlook set to stop .exe that mail will be rejected :
and you will get "Outlook has blocked access to Notepad.exe. :
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I have no idea why the file was Created. I just used normal text :). :
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Test # 01 :
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I have done another test with a message body: :
begin 666 testtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.txt :
This will create a file called testtttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.txt. :
as attachement. The file is empty if you try to open it. :
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Test # 02 :
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I created a file mail with a message body: :
begin 666 testttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt-:
tttt.txt :
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This did not create an attachment So their is a limite to the text :
size. :
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Test # 03 :
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begin 666 testttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt-:
tt.txt :
This created an attachement with a filename : :
testttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttttt.txt :
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Imagine someone spam your mail server with Only one line body message :
example begin 666 virus.exe :
I am not sure if your ANTI-VIRUS protection wont be over-Booked. :
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This bug is similar to but not the Same AT ALL. :
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;q265230 :
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