On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, James (njan) Eaton-Lee wrote: > > Gadi Evron wrote: > > Although eEye has released a third-party patch that will prevent the > > latest exploit from working, it doesn't fix the flawed copy routine. It > > simply requires that any cursors loaded must reside within the Windows > > directory (typically C:\WINDOWS\ or C:\WINNT\). This approach should > > successfully mitigate most "drive-by's," but might be bypassed by an > > attacker with access to this directory. > > I'm thinking that an attacker with write access to %systemroot% probably > has juicier, simpler targets to attack (which potentially let them run > code in a higher security context) than animated cursors.
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3636 > > - James. > > -- > James (njan) Eaton-Lee | UIN: 10807960 | http://www.jeremiad.org > > "All at sea again / And now my hurricanes > Have brought down this ocean rain / To bathe me again" > > https://www.bsrf.org.uk | ca: https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3 > -- > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
