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TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 25 2003 05:42PM http-equiv@excite.com (1 malware com) (2 replies) Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 28 2003 08:00AM Fabio Pietrosanti (naif) (fabio pietrosanti it) Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 25 2003 06:35PM Denis Jedig (seclists syneticon de) (3 replies) Re: TEXT/PLAIN: ALERT("OUTLOOK EXPRESS") Jul 27 2003 10:13AM Stephen Cope (mail nonsense kimihia org nz) (1 replies) |
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> http-equiv (at) excite (dot) com [email concealed] wrote:
> > Content-Type: text/plain;
> > [...]
> > <img dynsrc=javascript:alert()><font color=red>foo
> >
> > The above is a legitimate RFC822 mail message in plain text.
> > Ordinarily one would require an html mail message [Content-Type:
> > text/html;] to parse html and scripting.
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> Internet Explorer seems to take no offense on Content-Types either -
> text/plain from a web server is happily rendered as HTML, if it contains
> valid tags.
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Yes, it's a well known security hole that Microsoft has refused or is unable to fix.
I (and others) have reported this issue over the last few years. MS acknowledge
the problem but will not fix it.
Advisory at: http://www.geekgang.co.uk/adv/gsa2002-01.txt
I recommend against using IE and Outlook in any kind of sensitive environment.
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