Internet Explorer crash

[iago]

Thought I'd share it here.  Nothing huge or important, just a little crash:

hi,

Affected Software : Microsoft Internet Explorer
Vulnerability : Remote DOS / Crash
Tested On : MS IE 6.0 SP1, Win2K SP4, [up-to-date]
according to windowsupdate.com

Discovered by : Gregory R. Panakkal

HomePage : http://www.crapware.tk

Details
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Pointing a link to the URI -> file://!:\ [replace !
with the character with ascii value for eg:- 0xA0].
Causes IE6-SP1 to crash, the illegal op occuring in
user32.dll. Other special characters are also
possible.


Demo
====
A demonstration is available at the following URL.

http://crapware.lx.ro/junkcode/security/ie-sp1-file-a0-crash.htm


Greetz to
=========
Rakesh Balasunder - r0ck@iNfy
CK - Saitegog!  :)

rgds,
Gregory R. Panakkal

[Warrior]

hahhaha thats great!

[Joe]

An IE crash is no longer the exception to the rule. It has become the rule, and the exception is not crashing.

[iago]

Apparently it's been around (unfixed) for almost a year

>> Discovered by : Gregory R. Panakkal

Incorrect: E.Kellinis reported it on Friday, May 07, 2004 to bugtraq:
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/362524/2004-05-06/2004-05-12/0


>> Pointing a link to the URI -> file://!:\ [replace !
>> with the character with ascii value for eg:- 0xA0].
>> Causes IE6-SP1 to crash, the illegal op occuring in
>> user32.dll. Other special characters are also
>> possible.


More details can be found here:
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-May/021272.html
http://lists.netsys.com/pipermail/full-disclosure/2004-December/030115.html

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[sujak]

mine didnt crash.......

[Mythix]

are you on SP1 or SP2?

[MyndFyre]

Crashed on WinXP SP2 here at school.

[iago]

Sujak is probably on Mac, which would explain it