SEC-CONSULT Security Advisory 20051202-0 - GMX Webmail when used with Microsoft Internet Explorer lends itself to cross site scripting attacks.
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SEC-CONSULT Security Advisory 20051202-0 GMX / MSIE XSS
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Product: GMX Webmail V ?.? in combination with MSIE (maybe other browsers)
Remarks: no other Versions tested but very likely vulnerable
Vulnerablities: Multiple XSS/Relogin-trojan
Vendor: gmx.net
Vendor-Status: first time vendor contacted (2005.12.02)
Vendor-Patchs: ---
Object: MSIE (unknown version - 5.*+)
Exploitable:
Local: ---
Remote: YES
Type: XSS - Cross Site Scripting
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Introduction
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GMX-Webmail Vulnerability #1/2005
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Vulnerability Details
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1) XSS / Relogin Trojan
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gmx.net s blacklists fail to detect script-tags in combination with
SPECIAL/META-Characters.
This leavas Webmail users using MSIE vulnerable to typical XSS /
Relogin-trojan attacks.
Vulnerable TAG/ATTRIBUTTE
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P/STYLE (most likely others)
Malicious HTML-Mail:
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P-TAG / STYLE ATTRIBUTE:
---cut here---
<html><body>
<p
style="background-image:url(jav[Special/Meta-Chars]ascript:[malicious/script/relogin-trojan...])">Hola
Seniores ...</p>
</body></html>
---cut here---
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Remark:
Since the authentication tokens are stored in a second subdomain it is
not possible steal them with a single
XSS. It is very likely that a second XSS vulnerability within this
domain could be used to achieve this goal.
When users want to view HTML messages they have to confirm this by
clicking on a single link. We assume that
everybody would do so.
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General remarks
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We would like to apologize in advance for potential nonconformities
and/or known issues.
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Recommended hotfixes for webmail-users
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Do not use MS Internet-Explorer.
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Recommended fixes
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Do not use blacklists on tags and attributes. Whitelist
special/meta-characters.
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Vendor-Patches
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Contact
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SEC-CONSULT
Austria / EUROPE
research@sec-consult.com
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