Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability

BID:28498

Info

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability

Bugtraq ID: 28498
Class: Input Validation Error
CVE:
Remote: Yes
Local: No
Published: Mar 28 2008 12:00AM
Updated: Mar 31 2008 04:09PM
Credit: Juan Pablo Lopez Yacubian
Vulnerable: Microsoft Internet Explorer 7.0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Sp2 X64
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Sp2 X64
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2003 SP2
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+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP2
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP2
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems SP2
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for 32-bit Systems 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP2
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP2
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems SP2
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for Itanium-based Systems 0
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems SP2
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+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems R2
+ Microsoft Windows Server 2008 for x64-based Systems R2
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Not Vulnerable:

Discussion

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability

Internet Explorer 7 is affected by a URI-spoofing vulnerability.

An attacker may leverage this issue by inserting strings to spoof the source URI of a file presented to an unsuspecting user. This may lead to a false sense of trust because the user may be presented with a source URI of a trusted site while interacting with the attacker's malicious site.

Internet Explorer 7 is affected by this issue.

Reports indicate that unspecified versions of Firefox are also prone to this issue, but this has not been confirmed.

Exploit / POC

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability

To exploit this issue, an attacker must entice an unsuspecting user to view a maliciously crafted web document.

The following example exploit is available:

http://es.geocities.com/jplopezy/iespoof.html

Solution / Fix

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability

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

References

Microsoft Internet Explorer 7 Popup Window Address Bar URI Spoofing Vulnerability

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