RE: new internet explorer exploit (was new worm)
Drew Copley already mentioned how this is the CHM exploit that the Ibiza
exploit relied on.
K-OTiK posted about this in
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/354447 and we posted details of
the Ibiza CHM exploit a few weeks before then on the Unpatched mailing
list ( http://unpatched.pivxlabs.com ).
The Bizex worm also used Unpatched IE vulnerabilities as was detailed in
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/355149/2004-02-24/2004-03-01/0
Implementing proactive security measures such as locking down the My
Computer zone prevents this from having an effect. Both of these issues
were mitigated against months in advance with Qwik-Fix, which has just
been released as Qwik-Fix Pro at the Gartner Symposium/Itxpo 2004
.
http://www.pivx.com/press_releases/qwikfixpro_gartner.html
Regards
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-----Original Message-----
From: Void [mailto:void@xxxxxxxx]
Sent: Monday, March 29, 2004 11:15 AM
To: Jelmer; full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx; bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx
Subject: Re: new internet explorer exploit (was new worm)
Just wanted to add that Norton Anti-Virus 2004 will detect this exploit
and
pop up a warning, but also fails to halt its execution or protect the
user
in any way.
Here is what it thinks it is:
http://securityresponse.symantec.com/avcenter/venc/data/bloodhound.explo
it.6.html
So there is some measure of warning, but no real protection.