Re: [bug]: Cause IE 5.X to crash

From: Shawn McKeon (joeuserat_private)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 19:49:52 PDT

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    Confirmed on Windows 2000 Pro Sp1 and MSIE 5.00.3103.1000 56bit cipher
    
    >================================================================<
    Shawn McKeon (aka joeuser) ICQ# 377611 mailto:joeuserat_private
    PGP Fingerprint 4011 1E46 DF8B 2955 1D59  1896 56D4 9775 96AE BFEE
    PGP KEY  http://www.servicefirstcomputers.com/personal/joeuser.asc
    >================================================================<
    < ORIGINAL MESSAGE(S) & POSSIBLY EDITED FOR CONTENT/SPACE BELOW. >
    
    Synopsis
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    By putting this malformed link on a web page a malicious
    user could crash all the IE windows. It also work by passing the link
    directly into the address field of IE.
    
    Affected version :
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    IE 5.5 sp1 for WIN 98 / 98 SE /2000 / 2000 sp1
    IE 5.5 for WIN 98 / 98 SE /2000 / 2000 sp1
    IE 5.0 for WIN 98 / 98 SE /2000 / 2000 sp1
    The Bug :
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    the following url Crash IE : "ftp://whatever//.#./"
    



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