New URL Spoofing Flaw Found in Internet Explorer

Netcraft ^ | October 29, 2004 01:52 PM | richm

[FreedomCalls]

Careful. Here's a more relevant example of the spoof:

http://www.georgewbush.com/

[flashbunny]

strange, when you right click on the link and hit properties, you get the real URL (johnkerry.com)

[ScottM1968]

Download FireFox here:

http://www.mozilla.org/products/firefox/

This is the latest version of the old Netscape browser code.

And that link isn't spoofed! :-)

[steve86]

Interestingly, on my system, using the MS/Google link, Firefox shows the MS page with MS in the address bar, while Opera shows the Google page with Google in the address bar.

[JoJo Gunn]

bump....

[steve86]

And Konquerer shows Google/Google and Galeon (based on Mozilla like Firefox), shows MS/MS. Looks like IE is the only one with the spoof discrepancy.

[JoJo Gunn]

Firefox 1.0pr goes to President Bush's site, but IE goes to the Kerry site.

But in Firefox, right clicking and checking the properties opens the President's site anyway when you close the box. weird....

[ShadowAce]

Browser Wars Ping!!

[politicket]

BTTT

[Mortikhi]

Nice.

Thats why I have the status bar open.

[NewMediaFan]

<a href="http://www.georgewbush.com/">
<table><tr><td>
<a href="http://www.johnkerry.com/">http://www.georgewbush.com/</a>
</td></tr></table>
</a>

.............

Thanks for the heads up.

[JoJo Gunn]

Weird problem "solved".

In Firefox, your link acts as if it stretches all the way to the right, though I highlighted everything and nothing is there. Apparently I clicked on that empty space when closing the Properties box, and went to the President's site.

Does any other FF user see that? I don't see it in IE6.

[BigSkyFreeper]

Using Firefox 1.0PR, clicking the link takes you to georgewbush.com, opening it in a new tab goes to johnkerry.com.

[USF]

mark for later

[cake_crumb]

Interesting. I never would have thought of that, even with the coding errors I make due to incompetent typing and caffein withdrawl...or both.

[dumpdaschle]

I always thought I was the only person that actually used Mozilla Firefox until I found FR. Seems others here use it too. Firefox is a great browser.

[mhking]

'Nuff said.

[Bon mots]

I'm using Mozilla Firefox and that spoof works in my browser too! So it's not just Internet Exploder.

[surtcaldera]

Opera shows Google/Google under both W98SE and Mandrake 9.2 (as expected), as does Konqueror under Mandrake. The mouseover popup in Opera isn't even fooled; it says Google too. Don't have any versions of ignorance exploiter to try it out on :-) Poor ie users. Poor microsoft victims.

[ShadowAce]

Try installing Spoof Stick