Re: [Full-disclosure] Windows Command Processor CMD.EXE BufferOverflow

2006-10-23 Thread Peter Ferrie
file:// ? OK, I'll bite. Why are file:// URLs relevant to the discussion? It allows arbitrary data to be passed to CMD.EXE, without first owning the system. ___ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter:

Re: [Full-disclosure] Windows Command Processor CMD.EXE BufferOverflow

2006-10-23 Thread Matthew Flaschen
Aren't cross-zone urls disallowed by default, though? Matt Flaschen Peter Ferrie wrote: file:// ? OK, I'll bite. Why are file:// URLs relevant to the discussion? It allows arbitrary data to be passed to CMD.EXE, without first owning the system.

Re: [Full-disclosure] Windows Command Processor CMD.EXE BufferOverflow

2006-10-23 Thread Brian Eaton
On 10/23/06, Peter Ferrie [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: file:// ? OK, I'll bite. Why are file:// URLs relevant to the discussion? It allows arbitrary data to be passed to CMD.EXE, without first owning the system. You're telling me that a web page I view in IE can do this? cmd.exe /K

Re: [Full-disclosure] Windows Command Processor CMD.EXE BufferOverflow

2006-10-23 Thread Debasis Mohanty
Matthew Flaschen [EMAIL PROTECTED] to Peter, full-disclosure Aren't cross-zone urls disallowed by default, though? I agree with Matthew Brian. If cmd.exe can be run from a browser using file:// irrespective of cross-zone security boundaries then there are *much* other urgent things to be