RE: Re[2]: Crash IE with shell://:

From: Chris Tobkin (tobkinat_private)
Date: Wed May 23 2001 - 15:03:05 PDT

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    Speaking of things they are building into the OS via IE, try
    outlook:\\Mailbox%20-%20Your%20Name\  I find it somewhat interesting
    that you can go directly into your inbox from a link like
    outlook:\\Mailbox%20-%20Your%20Name\Inbox or your calendar
    (outlook:\\Mailbox%20-%20Your%20Name\Calendar) for that matter..  
    
    // Chris
    tobkinat_private
    
    -----Original Message-----
    From: Kevin J. Menard, Jr. [mailto:kmenardat_private]
    Sent: Wednesday, May 23, 2001 12:57 PM
    To: Peter
    Cc: loonat_private; Vuln-Dev
    Subject: Re[2]: Crash IE with shell://:
    
    
    Hey Peter,
    
        Interestingly, with the "IE Error Reporting" tool, your page
    degrades
        gracefully for me.  I mean, it still dies, and I report the error
    (maybe
        something will be done someday), but it does it "nicely" I guess.
    It's
        usually the gopher thing that triggers that for me.  But the shell
    one kills
        me every time.  My entire task bar disappears and I have to restart
    explorer
        (Win2k, sp1, IE 5.50.4522.1800, 128-bit encryption).  And I'm not
    trying to
        start a flame war here, but I think you're web page title was rather
    flawed.
        Outside of lynx, IE is unfortunately the best browser I've
    encountered, and
        I've had far less issues with it than NS or Mozilla.  Likewise, I
    think this
        shell issue has to do with MS binding IE to the OS, which I do not
    agree
        with.
    
        Later.
    
    -- 
     Kevin
    
    Wednesday, May 23, 2001, 10:42:07 AM, you wrote:
    
    P> Guys try www.nul.cjb.net
    
    P> That is my site and it tries to exploit just about every NS/IE/Win9x
    but that will 
    P> make the OS crash [win9x] or IE/NS crash.  Included is this whole
    gopher thing 
    P> also.  
    
    P> btw, that htm page didn't work for me either, -- did nada.
    
    P> On 05/22/2001 11:31:53 AM, cory is quoted as saying:
     
    
    P> . . . .|On Tue, 22 May 2001, Kayne Ian (Softlab) transferred the
    following data:
    P> . . . .|
    . . . .|>> All...
    . . . .|>>       Wrote this little thing in a few spare mins. I'm no use
    with
    . . . .|>> javascript or webbased coding, so I'm sure there's much more
    you could do
    . . . .|>> with this. Anyway, attached is a .html that crashes all the
    machines I
    . . . .|>> tested it on - be prepared to loose explorer.exe if you run
    it. I guess this
    . . . .|>> is a working exploit/bug (and a really annoying one if it
    starts appearing
    . . . .|>> on the web), so if someone wants to forward this to the
    appropriate people
    . . . .|>> (bugtraq? microsoft?) then go for it... Also, if we could
    narrow down
    . . . .|>> exactly what it takes to fix it in the current versions, that
    would be good
    . . . .|>> too.
    . . . .|>>
    . . . .|>> enjoy...
    . . . .|>>
    . . . .|>> Ian Kayne
    . . . .|>> Technical Specialist - IT Solutions
    . . . .|>> Softlab Ltd - A BMW Company
    . . . .|>>
    P> . . . .|
    P> . . . .|Tried this against IE 5 ver. 5.00.2614.3500 with little
    result.
    P> . . . .|The .htm shows up for a few seconds, then you recieve a 404 ,
    with the
    P> . . . .|Address box changing from http://blah.com/iecrashtest.htm to
    just
    P> . . . .|/test.htm (strange?). During the change to a 404, a smaller
    box appears
    P> . . . .|with res://C:\\Windows\System\SHDOCLC.DLL/syntax.htm
    explaining that the
    P> . . . .|page can not be displayed, possibly because of removal or
    name change. It
    P> . . . .|then request you do the following:
    P> . . . .|        Open the 
    P> res://C:\WINDOWS\SYSTEM\SHDOCLC.DLL/syntax.htm#shell://
    P> . . . .|        home page, and then look for the links to the
    information you
    P> . . . .|        want.
    P> . . . .|
    P> . . . .|Hope that helps
    P> . . . .|
    P> . . . .|cory
    
    
    
    P> www.nul.cjb.net
    P> www.FreeBSD.org
    
    
    
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