Bugtraq: Re: KaZaA

["Alex Lambert" <alambert () webmaster com>]

Kazaa's IE control (at least in 1.7.x) seems to treat certain URLs
differently, too, which could pose a problem. For example,
http://localhost/KazaaSearchQuery performs a search (a form for this is
displayed on desktop.kazaa.com). Putting more than 272 bytes into the query
argument causes a crash; I haven't checked if it's posisble to run malicious
code with this.



apl
----- Original Message -----
From: "David Krum" <frobnitz () msn com>
To: <bugtraq () securityfocus com>
Sent: Friday, October 18, 2002 11:33 AM
Subject: KaZaA


> I'm concerned about all the applications which utilize ie browser
controls.
> There are a lot of adware programs with little ads.  Some of these ads
have
> activex, java, flash, js.  Any one of these capabilities in the wrong zone
> could be dangerous.
>
> My attention was first drawn to this when I noticed KaZaA launching popups
> sourced from the local hard disk.  Surely these ads are running in the
local
> zone.  To use software that does this I have to trust them to audit the
ads
> given to them?
>
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