IE 7.0/8.0b Code Execution 0-Day Released

SecureThroughObscure writes "Security blogger and researcher Nate McFeters blogged about a 0-day exploit affecting IE7 and IE8 beta on XP that was released by noted security researcher Aviv Raff. The flaw is a 'cross-zone scripting' flaw that takes advantage of the fact that printing HTML web pages occurs in the Local Machine Zone in IE rather than in the Internet Zone. Quoting McFeters's post: 'This is currently unpatched and in all of its 0-day glory, so for the time being, beware printing using the "print table of links" option when printing web pages.' McFeters and others will be presenting at Black Hat on the link between cross-site scripting and cross-zone. Rob Carter has been hitting this hard over at his blog, pointing out cross-zone weaknesses in Azureus, uTorrent, and the Eclipse platform."

Amazing

[duplicate-nickname]

I didn't even know that "Print table of links" was an option for printing in IE until today. My guess is that no one actually uses that feature, and this 0-day exploit affects roughly 0 people.

Usage

[Wowsers]

People still use Internet Exploder?

For using IE since 2.X...

[AioKits]

I can safely say I did not know this ability even existed. (Don't hurt me! I use FireFox at home! Honest! I even brought some FF t-shirts and the laptop tote.)

Re:Amazing

[Anonymous Coward]

You're forgetting about another MSIE feature, a TWAIN plugin called "Scan table of links".

To view this article on one page...

[Thelasko]

please select the printable version.

end sarcasm

Re:Proof

[morgan_greywolf]

Exactly. I knew you'd see it my way.

Re:yes, I use it

[Just Some Guy]

Sorry, I could not keep from modding this funny.

It didn't take.

Re:Must we highlight every bug in IE?

[Vexorian]

God forbid this site bashed windows.

Oh yeah?

[Spy der Mann]

yes, I use Internet Explorer in Windows Vista that is the safest browser because it runs with the lowest privileges possibile in a sandbox (IE7 Protected mode).

Oh yeah? I use Internet Explorer in XP under non-admin mode in a virtualbox install on Cygwin on a virtualbox install of XP inside a Linux virtualbox install under a SELinux host!

HAH! Take that!

Printer-friendly version

[6Yankee]

here [pwn3d.ru]

Re:yes, I use it

[Anonymous Coward]

I appreciate the honesty that your name portrays.

Re:Proof

[keytoe]

Your markup is incorrect - you left the slash off your closing Pffft. tag.

Re:0-day

[An ominous Cow art]

Yeah, the term has definitely been bricked.