Internet Explorer new problem...

Do you remember the so called HijackClick 3 series of Internet Explorer vulnerabilities? In summary, you can force a drag and drop event simply when the user clicking a something by moving the window when the OnMouseDown event fires.

MS seems to patch these vulnerabilities some times ago (ok, I think it's really discutible this fact: disable some functions from being called when the mouse button is down for me is not a real patch, but only a temporary solution).

What's new? As you can see on a new post on SecurityFocus, MS has patched MSHTML.DLL and IEXPLORE.EXE but they have forgotten to patch the Popup.Show() function. Now an exploiter can show a popup on loading of the main window, move it and show a favorites list on the MouseDown event, and set a timer to hide the favorites list and taunt the victim who just got tricked into adding a link of our choice to their favorites list.

Also a real example of these exploit is available, just click HERE.

I think this is a clear sign that IE staff must improved, they must start thinking on something better. Patching a problem is not equals to simply disable functions, but the problem must be understood and correct.

Print | posted on Thursday, July 22, 2004 4:10 AM

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Surely it must be time for Microsoft to abandon IE and just join in the efforts of the Mozilla project. I am sure they will be able to get extensions in on merit and to the advantage of users on all platforms - maybe they'll be able to get innovation moving a little faster in terms of the Internet.
Left by Ross on Jul 22, 2004 12:21 AM

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Yes, this could be a road to take... but I don't know if a day we'll see this.
Left by Stefano Demiliani on Jul 22, 2004 12:22 AM

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