[Full-disclosure] Outlook Express 6.0 : link destination obfuscation

[Michael Tewner]

or http://www.myBank.com+aWholeLottaJunk@badsite.com

Romain Vergniol wrote:
> Hello FD readers,
> 
> did anyone already noticed that on Outlook Express 6.0, when a link is
> longer than 512 bytes, the destination is not displayed at all in the
> status bar ?
> 
> Tested on Outlook Express 6.0 on WinXP Pro SP2 FR, does not work on Outlook
> 2003 Win XP SP2 FR.
> 
> Ex :
> <a href="http://www.exemple.com/+(500 random chars)">www.bank.com</a>
> 
> It could be used in phishing attacks for exemple to hide real link 
> destination.
> Could it be considered as a security issue ?
> 
> Kind regards,
> Romain Vergniol
> 
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