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Re: Outlook Express - is this possible?
From: "Thor Larholm" <thor () pivx com>
Date: Mon, 26 Jan 2004 14:56:44 -0800
From: "Nick FitzGerald" <nick () virus-l demon co uk> "Gregh" <chows () ozemail com au> wrote:I believe an exploit cropped up within the last 12 months or so for OE (version unknown) where the user has preview pane OFF and receives an
that he doesn't actually double click on to open. However, in deleting
it,
the user either web bugs himself or puts some sort of exploit in.There was an exploitable buffer overflow in a date handling routine in some .DLL (MSHTML.DLL ???) that OE used for its date functions. I have a feeling that was closer to two years ago, but have not bothered to search the archives to check...
It was almost 4 years ago, roughly 3½ to be exact, on July 18 2000. "Microsoft Outlook / Outlook Express GMT Field Buffer Overflow Vulnerability" http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1481 Details in original post: http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/70543 You just had to download the email to be exploited. Regards Thor Larholm Senior Security Researcher PivX Solutions 24 Corporate Plaza #180 Newport Beach, CA 92660 http://www.pivx.com thor () pivx com Phone: +1 (949) 231-8496 PGP: 0x5A276569 6BB1 B77F CB62 0D3D 5A82 C65D E1A4 157C 5A27 6569 PivX defines "Proactive Threat Mitigation". Get a FREE Beta Version of Qwik-Fix <http://www.qwik-fix.net> _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
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- Outlook Express - is this possible? Gregh (Jan 24)
- Re: Outlook Express - is this possible? Nick FitzGerald (Jan 26)
- Re: Outlook Express - is this possible? Thor Larholm (Jan 26)
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