RE: Javascript in IE may spoof the whole screen

From: Thor Larholm (Thorat_private)
Date: Wed Oct 24 2001 - 03:10:06 PDT

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    > From: Julian Hall
    > > Georgi Guninski security advisory #50, 2001
    > > Image moving over download/open dialog:
    > > http://www.guninski.com/opf2.html
    > > BSOD emulation:
    > > http://www.guninski.com/bsod1.html
    > 
    > Neither of these demonstrations function correctly in IE 5.0; 
    > they produce script
    > error message boxes, reporting that the 'object does not 
    > support the requested
    > method'.  I don't know whether that means IE 5.0 isn't 
    > vulnerable or not...
    
    It means that Guninski used the popup object in his examples, which was
    first introduced in IE5.5+ - using chromeless window objects will yield the
    same results in IE4+.
    
    The advisory still holds, the example was just flawed.
    
    Regards
    Thor Larholm
    Jubii A/S - Internet Programmer
    



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