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Re:GWSL: Run graphical Linux apps in WSL by szszrk on Thursday December 17, 2020 @08:08AM (#25455214)
What about javascript code on a harmfull website that does requests to localhost?

It used to be possible to easily scan what sites are running locally, even if js code was from a public website. [0]

[0] https://defuse.ca/in-browser-port-scanning.htm

Re:GWSL: Run graphical Linux apps in WSL by ThePhysicist on Thursday December 17, 2020 @08:28AM (#25455361)
A JS based exploit that hijacks the X Window System Core Protocol running on your localhost to inject key presses into your X server or steal screenshots? I mean it's possible, but it seems quite far-fetched except maybe if someone specifically targets you.
Re:GWSL: Run graphical Linux apps in WSL by gruez on Thursday December 17, 2020 @09:10AM (#25455684)
The main impediment is that http request won't look anything like the x window requests, so the x server would likely reject it.
Re:GWSL: Run graphical Linux apps in WSL by presumably on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:11AM (#25456233)
There are actually several (published and non-published) ways to exploit that type of configuration, here is one example:

https://samy.pl/slipstream/

Re:GWSL: Run graphical Linux apps in WSL by gruez on Thursday December 17, 2020 @10:39AM (#25456516)
If you're talking about the general concept of using js to spoof another protocol: that exploit involves middleboxes sniffing TCP connections at the packet level, rather than at connection/stream level. It certainly won't work for connections with a TCP server.

If you're talking about using that exploit to allow access to the victim's machine from the internet: that won't work because listening interface for the x11 server is localhost, not the LAN interface.