Microsoft Internet Explorer Meta Data Foreign Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID:	10248
Class:	Origin Validation Error
CVE:
Remote:	Yes
Local:	No
Published:	Apr 30 2004 12:00AM
Updated:	Apr 30 2004 12:00AM
Credit:	Discovery is credited to "E.Kellinis" <[email protected]>.
Vulnerable:	Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Server - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP2 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services SP1 - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services - Microsoft Windows 2000 Terminal Services - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98 - Microsoft Windows 98SE - Microsoft Windows 98SE - Microsoft Windows 98SE - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows ME - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Enterprise Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Terminal Server 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a - Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 SP6a + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium 0 + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition + Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition + Microsoft Windows XP Home + Microsoft Windows XP Home + Microsoft Windows XP Home + Microsoft Windows XP Professional + Microsoft Windows XP Professional + Microsoft Windows XP Professional
Not Vulnerable:

Microsoft Internet Explorer Meta Data Foreign Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

A vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer that may facilitate certificate spoofing. This issue could aid in attacks which falsify web content to victim users.

The cause of the vulnerability is that it is possible to embed a certificate and content from a foreign domain (via SSL) into a web page. When the web page is visited by the client user, the user will be prompted to authorize the certificate from the foreign domain. This will make it appear as though the web page they are visiting is in the foreign domain.

It should be noted that while the connection will appear to be secure, as denoted by the closed lock icon in the right bottom corner of the browser window, the spoofed certicate may not be manually inspected (by clicking the lock icon). The browser will return a message stating that the document does not have a certificate associated with it when the lock is clicked by the user. This may give an indication that the certificate has been spoofed.

This vulnerability may be exploited to entice a user to trust a hostile web page.

This issue has been reported in Microsoft Internet Explorer 6. Earlier versions may also be affected.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Meta Data Foreign Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

The following example was provided:

< html>
< head>
< title>Your Page Title</title>
< meta http-equiv="REFRESH"
content="0;url=https://www.example.com/">

< META HTTP-EQUIV="Content-Type" CONTENT="text/html;">

< /HEAD>
< BODY onUnload='window.location=""'>

< /BODY>
< /HTML>

Microsoft Internet Explorer Meta Data Foreign Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

Solution:
Currently we are not aware of any vendor-supplied patches for this issue. If you feel we are in error or are aware of more recent information, please mail us at: [email protected] <mailto:[email protected]>.

Microsoft Internet Explorer Meta Data Foreign Domain Spoofing Vulnerability

References:

• Microsoft Technet Security (Microsoft)
  
• IE Certificate Stealing (Phising) bug ("E.Kellinis" )