On 11/2/06, Roger A. Grimes wrote: > So, if you're statement is accurate that malware would need to be placed > in a directory identified by the PATH statement, we can relax because > that would require Administrator access to pull off. Admin access would > be needed to modify the PATH statement appropriately to include the > user's desktop or some other new user writable location or Admin access > would be needed to copy a file into the locations indicated by the > default PATH statement.
It would not require *administrator* access--non-administrator users can still add things to their own PATHs, just not to the universal, system PATH. (See Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment Variables.) -Eliah _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
