Hi All - The "money:" protocol was designed to allow Money to integrate with web-based offerings like MoneyCentral. It allows Money to be started and navigated, but is designed to always require user approval via a dialogue before taking any action. We believe there's no security issue here, but are doing a full investigation anyway, just to ensure that this is the case. Regards, Secureat_private -----Original Message----- From: Richard M. Smith [mailto:smithsat_private] Sent: Monday, December 20, 1999 2:13 PM To: BUGTRAQat_private Subject: The money: protocol in Internet Explorer Hello, Here is an interesting problem that I haven't had the time to looking into fully. Maybe someone else can give it a shot. If a computer has both Internet Explorer and Microsoft Money installed on it, Money adds a protocol named "money:" to IE. If one goes to the IE address box and types in "money:", Microsoft Money will start up. The protocol also works in a JavaScript window.open call. This means that Microsoft Money can be started remotely from a Web site or from an HTML-based Email message. Some interesting questions here: - Does the money: protocol have any buffer overflow errors such that x86 code can be injected into Money and then executed? - What is the URL format for the money: protocol? For example, can one do something like the following: money://transfer?from_acct=myaccount&to_bank=swiss_bank&to_acct_no=12345&amo unt=10000.00 - If remote attacks are possible, how can the money: protocol be turned off in Web pages and Email messages, but still have Microsoft Money work properly? Microsoft was demoing Money 2000 at Comdex, and I showed the money: protocol in IE to the Microsoft guy running the demo station. His eyes got big as saucers....... :-) Richard ========================================== Richard M. Smith Internet consultant Email: smithsat_private http://www.tiac.net/users/smiths ==========================================
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