Microsoft Internet Explorer .swf address bar spoofing

ie-swf-addressbar-spoofing (25634)

Medium Risk

Description:

Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to spoof the address bar, caused by an error when loading a Macromedia Flash file (.swf). A remote attacker could create a specially-crafted Web page, which would load a .swf file and a Web site in the same window using the 'window.open' method, which could allow the remote attacker to spoof the address bar of the browser. A remote attacker could exploit this vulnerability to conduct spoofing or phishing attacks.

Note: This vulnerability may also affect other Web browsers, including Firefox.

Platforms Affected:

• Microsoft, Internet Explorer 5.01 SP4
• Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6
• Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6 SP1
• Microsoft, Windows 2000 SP4
• Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server x64
• Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1 Itanium
• Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server SP1
• Microsoft, Windows 2003 Server Itanium
• Microsoft, Windows XP Professional x64
• Microsoft, Windows XP SP2
• Microsoft, Windows XP SP1
• Mozilla, Firefox 1.5

Remedy:

Apply the appropriate patch for your system, as listed in the latest Microsoft Security Bulletin. See References.

— OR —

Use Microsoft Automatic Update if it is supported by your operating system. The original bulletin issued by Microsoft has been superseded.

Consequences:

Other

References:

• BugTraq Mailing List, Mon Apr 03 2006 - 13:29:02 CDT, Another Internet Explorer Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/bugtraq/2006-04/0020.html.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-021, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (916281) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-021.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-042, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (918899) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-042.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-067, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (922760) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms06-067.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS06-072, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (925454) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS06-072.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-016, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (928090) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/ms07-016.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-027, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (931768) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-027.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-033, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (933566) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-033.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-045, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (937143) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-045.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-057, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (939653) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS07-057.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS07-069, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (942615) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms07-069.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-010, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (944533) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-010.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-024, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (947864) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-024.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-031, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (950759) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/Bulletin/MS08-031.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-045, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (953838) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-045.mspx.
• Microsoft Security Bulletin MS08-058, Cumulative Security Update for Internet Explorer (956390) at http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms08-058.mspx.
• ASA-2006-126: Windows Security Updates for June 2006 - (MS06-021 - MS06-032)
• BID-17404: Microsoft Internet Explorer Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
• CVE-2006-1626: Internet Explorer 6 for Windows XP SP2 and earlier allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks by re-opening the window to a malicious Shockwave Flash application, then changing the window location back to a trusted URL while the Flash application is still loading. NOTE: this is a different vulnerability than CVE-2006-1192.
• CVE-2006-1650: Firefox 1.5.0.1 allows remote attackers to spoof the address bar and possibly conduct phishing attacks by re-opening the window to a malicious Shockwave Flash application, then changing the window location back to a trusted URL while the Flash application is still loading. NOTE: a followup was unable to replicate this issue.
• SA19521: Internet Explorer Window Loading Race Condition Vulnerability
• SECTRACK ID: 1016291: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory and Access Control Errors Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code
• VUPEN/ADV-2006-1218: Microsoft Internet Explorer Flash File Loading Address Bar Spoofing Vulnerability
• VUPEN/ADV-2006-2319: Microsoft Internet Explorer Multiple Memory Corruption Vulnerabilities (MS06-021)

Reported:

Apr 03, 2006

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