Re: /instmsg/alias/annoying_web_logs ;)

From: zeno (bugtraqat_private)
Date: Tue Oct 15 2002 - 07:10:46 PDT

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    > Exchange and MSN Messanger are the top leads so far. :> Someone install
    > MSN Messanger and find out! (Doesn't ANYONE run that thing?) :>
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    > -dave
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    Here is a good question. we know it is sending GET requests to a webserver. I assume IIS must have
    something setup to get queries and forward to the messaging client? What if IIS isn't installed does
    something else answer it, if so what?
    
    - zenoat_private
    
    
    
    
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    > On Tue, 2002-10-15 at 10:05, zeno wrote:
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    > > > I get billions of these things too, its part of some MSN groups/chat=20
    > > > thing, essentially it takes requests the "alias" of the email address=20
    > > > (daveat_private =3D> /instmsg/alias/dave). Might be fun to send b=
    > ack=20
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    > > These things are damn annoying. I get probably 5 of these a day and 1 per=
    > son keeps checking me every
    > > few hours.=20
    > >=20
    > >=20
    > > > some looooong responses ;) My favorites are all the ones that originate=
    > =20
    > > > from microsoft "tide" addresses... They send me some funny referrers fr=
    > om=20
    > > > their intranet servers once in a while too.
    > > >=20
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    > > Ha.=20
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    > > > ---
    > > > "Immunity also gets a lot of requests for /instmsg/alias/dave, which=20
    > > > doesn't exist. I'm curious what web client plugin causes this behavior.=
    > =20
    > > > And, I've noticed FrontPage makes PROPFIND, /_vti_bin/shtml.dll, and=20
    > > > other FrontPage-style requests. Somewhere here I smell an exploitable=20
    > > > client-side vulnerability."
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    > > I'm curious do we know this is MSN messanger? Anybody else know if AIM or=
    >  another client sends
    > > these requests?
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    > > - zeno
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    > Dave Aitel <daveat_private>
    > Immunity, Inc
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