Title: Microsoft Internet Explorer JavaScript Interface Spoofing Vulnerability
Severity: HIGH
Description:
It is reported that Microsoft Internet Explorer may permit aspects of the Internet Explorer interface to be spoofed. This could facilitate numerous attacks against users of the browser, including spoofing of both graphical components of the underlying operating system and overlaying browser components.
The source of this problem is due to the window.createPopup() function not using 'chromeless' windows. Other functions, such as createModalDialog() and createModelessDialog(), will create 'chromeless' windows when invoked. Using this 'chrome' functionality, an attacker could construct spoofed components designed to mimic the interface of a targeted application.
This misrepresentation may fool a user into taking dangerous actions. Users could then take further actions that compromise sensitive information based on this false sense of trust.
Affected Products:
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1
- Microsoft Windows ME
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition Itanium
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
- Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
- Microsoft Windows XP Home
- Microsoft Windows XP Professional
References:
- Georgi Guninski: Javascript in IE may spoof the whole screen
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