RE: help:// protocol in Windows XP Prof

[Tyler Durden <fadingreality414 () yahoo com>]

Very clever. Heres what I would do:

Combine that lovely help protocol with some cross site
scripting....say...some part of some security site
(believe me, i've found way more then one XSS vulns in
security sites). Then, hex encode the end part of the
URL. Make the window that pops up 1x1 pixels in size.
Enjoi.

--Oedipus


--- "Calderon, Juan Carlos (GE Commercial Finance,
NonGE)" <juan.calderon () ge com> wrote:
> <.a href="javascript:loadWin()"
> title="help://www.product.com/help"
onmouseover="window.status='help://www.product.com/help';return
> true" onmouseout="window.status='';return true">
>
> just my two cents
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jordan Cole (stilist)
> [mailto:stilist () gmail com]
> Sent: Wednesday, July 07, 2004 8:13 PM
> To: Bartosz Kwitkowski
> Cc: vuln-dev () securityfocus com
> Subject: Re: help:// protocol in Windows XP Prof
>
>
> If you could get it to work in a link, it would make
> for a good
> exploit... "Click here to read the help file for
> this application."
> Have that link to a malware-enabled website or
> something similar, and
> you've got another unsuspecting user infected.
>
> On the other hand, you could just create a link that
> /appears/ to be
> pointing to a help:// url...
>
> <.html>
> <.head>
> <.script language='javascript1.2'>
> function loadWin(){
> window.open('http://www.google.com/','Help for
> [product]','resizable=yes,width=500,height=400,
> top=10, left=10');
> }
> <./script>
> <./head>
> <.body>
> <.a href="javascript:loadWin()"
> title="help://www.product.com/help">Read the help
> file</a>
> <./body>
> <./html>
>
> I tried to make the statusbar reflect the apparent
> help:// url, but
> couldn't remember how (despite a quick google).
>
> While it's unlikely most users would even notice the
> help:// part,
> those who do would simply assume it's some weird
> thing like ftp://...
> they don't know what it does, but it apparently
> works.
>
> -- 
>
> [stlst]



        
                
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