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

From: Uidam, T (Tim) (Tim.Uidamat_private)
Date: Mon May 07 2001 - 15:38:23 PDT

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    -----Original Message-----
    From: Johnson, Michael [mailto:Michael.Johnsonat_private]
    Sent: Monday, 7 May 2001 23:24
    To: 'Uidam, T (Tim)'
    Subject: RE: [bug]: Cause IE 5.X to crash
    
    
    Worked here Windows 2000 pro/ IE 5.50.4522.1800
    
    -MJ
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Uidam, T (Tim) [mailto:Tim.Uidamat_private]
    Sent: Sunday, May 06, 2001 8:08 PM
    To: VULN-DEVat_private
    Subject: Re: [bug]: Cause IE 5.X to crash
    
    
    NOT Vulnerable on IE 5.5 SP1 (no hotfixes) on WinNT 4 SP5.
    
    Nope, not even the tiniest glitch. If a valid FTP address is put in place of
    "whatever" it simply displays the FTP root in the browser window.
    
    Running ftp://whatever/.#./ from Start/Run launches IE, and displays "cannot
    Find Server" with ftp://whatever// in the address bar.
    
    
    Hope this helps! :)
    
    Tim.
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Elie Aka Lupin Bursztein [mailto:secuat_private]
    Sent: Saturday, 5 May 2001 8:35
    To: VULN-DEVat_private
    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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