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

From: No Name (ides_15at_private)
Date: Sat May 05 2001 - 14:49:36 PDT

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    Vulnerability affected my old Win95 comp IE v5.
    
    -/|ristides
    
    
    
    
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    On Sat, 5 May 2001 11:57:29
     Juhani Kataila wrote:
    >Worked on my WindowsME, both IE5.0 and IE5.5
    >
    >- Juhani Kataila
    >
    >----- Original Message -----
    >From: "Elie Aka Lupin Bursztein" <secuat_private>
    >To: <VULN-DEVat_private>
    >Sent: Saturday, May 05, 2001 1:34 AM
    >Subject: [bug]: Cause IE 5.X to crash
    >
    >
    >> hello,
    >> I have discover the last week end the following bug :
    >>
    >> Synopsis
    >> --------------
    >>
    >> 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 :
    >> -----------------------
    >>
    >> 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
    >>
    >> not affected
    >>
    >> IE 5.0 For Mac
    >>
    >> not tested on :
    >>
    >> Win 95 , Win ME
    >>
    >> The Bug :
    >> -------------
    >>
    >> the following url Crash IE : "ftp://whatever//.#./"
    >>
    >>
    >> Vendor status
    >> ---------------------
    >>
    >> Microsoft has been notice during the week and they have told me that the
    >> bug will be fix in the next Service pack.
    >>
    >> Details
    >> ----------
    >>
    >> First it doesn't work with http:// . We could also notify that when we put
    >> this link in a web page and we select it and trie to copy the link we get
    >> "ftp://whatever//#./" instead of "ftp://whatever//.#./" . Of course
    >> "ftp://whatever//#./" crash IE as well... It is the same for the status
    >bar
    >> : we could read "ftp://whatever//#./" instead of "ftp://whatever//.#./" .
    >> Finally if you tape very slowly in the address field this url, It crash
    >> also IE, That's why i suppose that IE 4 is not vulnerable to this.
    >>
    >> I have make more investigation and find out this :
    >>
    >> ) it's a call of msieftp.dll who cause the crash. i have determine this
    >> by using a debugger
    >> according to the following code :
    >>
    >> 7120B8D3 push dword ptr [ebp+14h]
    >> 7120B8D6 call dword ptr ds:[712012D8h] //this is what cause the crash
    >> 7120B8DC cmp byte ptr [eax],0
    >> 7120B8DF jne 7120B93A
    >> 7120B8E1 lea eax,[ebp+8]
    >> 7120B8E4 push eax
    >> <--snipe -->
    >> 7120B93A mov eax,edi
    >> 7120B93C pop edi
    >> 7120B93D pop esi
    >> 7120B93E leave
    >> 7120B93F ret 14h
    >> 7120B942 push ebp
    >> 7120B943 mov ebp,esp
    >>
    >> It doesn't seems to been exploitable to me, but may be you will find
    >something.
    >>
    >>
    >> Elie Aka Lupin Bursztein
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    >> "He feel safe, At this very moment he was lost..."
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    >>
    >
    
    
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