RE: New (19.10.05) MS-IE Url Spoofing bug (by K-Gen).

["Todd Towles" <toddtowles () brookshires com>]

It didn't work for me..but once I turned off the pop-up blocker off it
did appear to work. 

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> Of K-Gen Gen
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> Subject: [Full-disclosure] New (19.10.05) MS-IE Url Spoofing 
> bug (by K-Gen).
>
> New (19.10.05) MS-IE Url Spoofing bug (by K-Gen).
>
> Gr337s .. I (K-Gen) have found a new (I think..) URL spoofing 
> bug in IE.
>
> Affected : All MS-IE Browsers (Win XP SP2 as well).
>
> This allows a malicious website to host a specially crafted A 
> HREF tag that shows to the user as a link to one location, 
> but actually redirects to another. This can be used in 
> Phishing scams and other malicious attacks.
>
> The basic idea here is to write a geniune <a href=""> </a>tag 
> but include an onClick event handeler that will redirect 
> (window.location="";) to another page. The next example won't work:
>
> <a href="http://microsoft.com";
> onClick="window.location='http://google.com';";>Microsoft</a>
>
> Probably there is some protection in IE .. but not enough :)
>
> If we try the next thing:
>
> <a href="http://microsoft.com"; onClick="alert()">Microsoft</a>
>
> An alert WILL pop-up before redirecting. The same thing will 
> happen to the document.write(""); method, it will execute 
> before redirection.
>
> Hence, the next Proof of Concept:
>
> <a href="http://microsoft.com";
> onClick="document.write(unescape('%3cscript%3ewindow.location=
> %27http://google.com%27%3c/script%3e&apos;))">Microsoft</a>
>
> Put the code into an HTML page and see for yourself. In the 
> status bar and in the properties the link appears as 
> http://microsoft.com , but if you click on the link it will 
> redirect you to http://google.com .
>
> I used unescape becuse characters like < > and ' cause 
> run-time errors...
>
> This is not extremely critical as the old %01@ bug (That 
> still works on my IE sp1 :lol:), becuase It does not obscure 
> the real link in the Address bar, but i bet there will be a 
> PoC for this one too, sooner or later...
>
> Have a Nice Day.
> K-Gen
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