Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-23 Thread Dan Margolis
On Mon, May 23, 2005 at 01:25:35PM -0700, David Cleveland wrote: > I was able to duplicate. After creating the url link, I put the cursor > right after the 'www.' And typed in the 'foo-labs.info'. Then I delete > everything after 'info' and sent it. The link read foo-labs and went to > cybertrio

RE: [Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-23 Thread David Cleveland
went to cybertrion. -David -Original Message- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] On Behalf Of Micheal Espinola Jr Sent: Monday, May 23, 2005 1:13 PM To: full-disclosure@lists.grok.org.uk Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook I was not able

Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-23 Thread Micheal Espinola Jr
I was not able to duplicate this with Outlook 2003. Both URLs were visible, only the cybertrion URL was hotlinked, with no space inbetween the two. i.e.: http://www.foo-labs.infohttp://www.cybertrion.com On 5/23/05, Keenan Smith <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I was not able to duplicate this. >

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-23 Thread Keenan Smith
I was not able to duplicate this. Typing over the existing URL replaced both the displayed and link text. Could anyone else duplicate? Keenan -Original Message- From: Bakchodiya [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent: Wednesday, May 18, 2005 4:28 PM To: bugtraq@securityfocus.com Cc: full-dis

Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-21 Thread Valdis . Kletnieks
On Sat, 21 May 2005 23:03:01 BST, Colin said: > how come the troll threads are always the longest? It's springtime, and the trolls are looking for mates. The troll with the longest is most likely to reproduce. Check the list archives in a few months - if any of the trolls snag a mate, in a few mo

Re: [Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-21 Thread Colin
how come the troll threads are always the longest? :) C ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-20 Thread David Corn
That's exactly what I said earlier. The thing is this is NOT outlook specific, ANY program that allows HTML is subject to this. fake name This is far from a security risk, HTML is a feature not a bug. David Corn Security Consultant Covetrix, IT Consulting Group http://www.covetrix.com Phone: 21

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-20 Thread David Corn
This can fool people but it's not a bug in my opinion. It's the same as http://google.com>http://yahoo.com You can also achieve this by typing a url and right clicking it then by clicking edit hyperlink, then you can change the values to mask it. So this is not a bug just a feature that can

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Patch Now
This is very unclear. Which version of Outlook? Plain text, HTML, or Rich text? Fully patched? I've tried it using Outlook 2002 with plain text and with HTML and I always end up getting emails that look like: http://www.http://www.foo-labs.infocybertrion.com Gary Love -Original Message- F

Re: [Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Joachim Schipper
On Wed, May 18, 2005 at 10:07:54PM -0700, Harshad wrote: > This issue was originally discovered by Harry from http:// > www.securityalertz.com & http://www.Harry-Inc.com The article is stolen from > http://www.securityalertz.com/Article805.html posted on May 06 2005 > ..Lolthe poser below copie

[Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread M. Moreno
I could not reproduce this using Outlook 2000(9.0.0.2711) FYI --- Bakchodiya <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > An issue has been discovered in MS Outlook (All > Versions) where anyone can fake a URL & send it > across. > > How does it work: > > Lets compose an email in MS Outlook, lets type > > >

[Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Kevin Martin
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 I must be missing something here. When I create an email with outlook with http://www.cybertrion.com and then arrow back to in front of cybertrion and enter http://www.foo-labs.info my url ends up looking like http://www.http://www.foo-labs.infocybert

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Steve Bostedor
Doesn't seem to be a problem in Outlook 2003. I made one for http://www.vncscan.com and then followed your instructions to change it to www.hackme.com and it still went to hackme.com. - Steve Bostedor http://www.vncscan.com The Real VNC Manager > -Original Message- > From: Bakchodiya [

[Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Jens Becker
you can also do it with HTML. eg. http://www.cybertrion.com";>http://www.foo-labs.info and in addition u can change the text wich is shown when the cursor is over the link: http://www.cybertrion.com"; alt="http://www.foo-labs.info";>http://www.foo-labs.info Sorry for my bad english. On 5/18/05, B

[Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Harshad
This issue was originally discovered by Harry from http://www.securityalertz.com & http://www.Harry-Inc.com The article is stolen from http://www.securityalertz.com/Article805.html posted on May 06 2005 ..Lolthe poser below copies most of the articles from Securityalertz on his so called securi

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Simon Dever
Microsoft Outlook uses HTML to display its messages, this is just a feature of that. No different than setting up link redirection and hiding the ultimate destination on a webpage. Additionally it is simliar to having the alternate text, address and extra info about a link modified in the status

[Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Tom Gallagher
How is this any different than having the text of a link say something other than the URL? This is possible in HTML (in any application) and Microsoft Office application. For example, go into Word and type "some text" then highlight it, and press Ctrl+K. Then type in the URL you want. This is n

[Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Jesse Morgan
-BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Hash: SHA1 You can also do that by adjusting the properties of the link. In the same way you can take any text and make it into a link. If you view mail in plain text only then it wont effect you. The link text/actual url is an HTML anchor tag: text you see Bak

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Scovetta, Michael V
Sorry to shoot you down, but this isn't a security issue at all. You can do the same thing by typing some text, highlighting it, right-clicking, clicking Hyperlink, and typing an address. On the receiving end, the client will get: http://www.foo-labs.info";>http://www.cybertrion.com which is perf

[Full-disclosure] RE: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-19 Thread Domingos Bruges
Outlook does that when composing an email in HTML format, where you can have any name associated to a link with a tag. The example you give is something like http://www.cybertrion.com";> http://www.foo-labs.info Regards, -- Domingos Bruges -Original Message- From: Bakchodiya [mailto:[EM

[Full-disclosure] Re: Security issue in Microsoft Outlook

2005-05-18 Thread Nick FitzGerald
Bakchodiya wrote: > An issue has been discovered in MS Outlook (All > Versions) where anyone can fake a URL & send it > across. <> This is a long-known issue with all Office applications that support (by default) automatic HREF-ing (if making HTML) or other forms of cross-referencing/web-linkin