Re: help:// protocol in Windows XP Prof

[pingywon MCSE <pingywon () gmail com>]

hate to be the one to break it to you guys but that was just patched
in ms04-15 by an exploit found by morning_wood.

www.illmob.org

On 6 Jul 2004 09:36:16 -0000, Bartosz Kwitkowski <bartosz () wb pl> wrote:
>  There is funny thing in Internet Explorer 6.0 - Windows XP Professional (fully patched).
>
>  When you are writing address in IE you can replace http:// by help://
>
>  example:
>
>  http://wb.pl/bartosz = help://wb.pl/bartosz
>
> and than hit <ENTER>... Page will open...
>
>  other...
>
>  help://www.securityfocus.com - looks funny, isn't? :-)
>
>  when IE opens page changes help:// to http://
>
>  BUT, BUT,
>
>  when you are create hyperlink <a href="help://wb.pl/bartosz">check</a>
>
>  it won't work - IE says syntax error...
>
>  I'm trying to exploit this...
>
>  Best regards,
>  Bartosz Kwitkowski


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