On Mon, May 17, 2004 at 01:09:21PM -0800, thegeekmeister (at) SAFe-mail (dot) net [email concealed] wrote:
> i find that this apparently works just the same in mozilla firefox on gentoo linux 2004.1. the only way to detect that this is an image, or an image map, at all is to look at the source, or to select the text, as right clicking does not allow saving image or copying image location.

It does NOT work in Mozilla Firefox 0.8 (official GNU/Linux gtk2+xft
build). If the cursor is in certain area _around_ the link, the statusbar
shows http://www.microsoft.com/, but when the cursor points _at_ the link,
the statusbar shows http://www.linux.com/.
Jan

>
> -------- Original Message --------
> From: Kurczaba Associates advisories <advisories (at) kurczaba (dot) com [email concealed]>
> Apparently from: bugtraq-return-14371-thegeekmeister=safe-mail.net (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
> To: bugtraq (at) securityfocus (dot) com [email concealed]
> Subject: Microsoft Internet Explorer ImageMap URL Spoof Vulnerability
> Date: Mon, 17 May 2004 14:14:32 -0400
>
> > Microsoft Internet Explorer ImageMap URL Spoof Vulnerability
> >
> > http://www.kurczaba.com/securityadvisories/0405132.htm
> > -------------------------------------------------------------
> >
> > Vulnerability ID Number:
> > 0405132
> >
> >
> > Overview:
> > A vulnerability has been found in Microsoft Internet Explorer. A
> > specially coded ImageMap can be used to spoof the URL displayed in the
> > lower, left hand corner of the browser.
> >
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