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Paul Tinsley wrote: > You people amaze me.... you are too busy proving that each other suck to > just get the word out on exploits. You should note that I never claimed > who discovered it, I honestly don't care. I know personally I would > prefer if political agendas or conspiracy theories stay off the list. > Point is, systems are insecure, get the word out. Pat on the back for > whoever did discover it... > > So revised version of original message: > I haven't seen much if any coverage of a rather nasty exploit in Windows > XP that was discovered by what I believe was a human on earth. If you > would like to keep your XP boxes from being venerable to this exploit > which happens to delete whatever a properly formed link requests, delete > %windir%\PCHEALTH\HELPCTR\System\DFS\uplddrvinfo.htm > > Thank you to Thor for posting more accurate information in reply to my > message.... > Shane Hird discovered it. > You can see his post here: > > http://cert.uni-stuttgart.de/archive/bugtraq/2002/08/msg00224.html > > And you can try a proof-of-concept here: > > http://jscript.dk/2002/8/sec/xphelpdelete.html > > And you can see all of the 20 publicly known unpatched vulnerabilities > in Internet Explorer here: > > http://www.pivx.com/larholm/unpatched/ > > > -----Original Message----- > From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Tuesday, September 10, 2002 2:36 PM > Subject: Re: [Full-Disclosure] XP security hole uplddrvinfo.htm > > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- > Hash: SHA1 > > Steve Gibson=FUD charlaten www.grcsucks.com > > >>Sorry if this has already been posted but I was made aware of a >>rather >>ugly security hole in Windows XP. >> > > > FUD FUD FUD > > >>This vulnerability allows the files contained in any specified >>directory >>on your system to be deleted if you click on a specially formed >>URL. >>This URL could appear anywhere: sent in malicious eMail, in a c >>hat room, >>in a newsgroup posting, on a malicious web page, or even execut >>ed when > > > Geogie Guninski discovered this long time ago. Major vulnerability also > exist if user type format command wrong. > > Gibson no skills not discover this. > > >>your computer merely visits a malicious web page. It is likely >>to be >>widely exploited soon. > > > Widely exploited soon? Gibson planning something? > > bullshit bullshit bullshit > > > >>This vulnerability is so dangerous that it would be irresponsib >>le for me >>to say more. Microsoft has known of this problem for months and > > > FUD FUD FUD bullshit bullshit bullshit. Gibson is marketing. General > terms high level bullshit mean more consultant dollars. > > >>has, >>inexplicably, done nothing before now. Although XP's Service Pa >>ck 1 is >>not small (approx 30 MB for express installation or 140 MB for >>the >>network install), and even though a much quicker and easier sol >>ution to >>this problem exists, the only thing I can safely recommend (wit >>hout >>revealing too much) is to urge all XP users to somehow obtain a >>nd >>install Service Pack 1 immediately. (If you have a slow Interne >>t >>connection, perhaps a friend can download the executable Servic >>e Pack >>file and burn it onto a CD for you?) > > > More fud fud fud bullshit bullshit bullshit. Problem fixed with hotfix > not sp1. Gibson very dumb. > > >>This problem does not affect any systems other than Windows XP. >>If you >>have any friends or co-workers running Windows XP, please urge >>them to >>update their systems' too. Once the details of this vulnerabili >>ty have >>leaked through other channels I will provide additional informa >>tion. > > > Gibson planning leak? Tell friends that Gibson great security guy and > pay to consult. bullshit bullshit bullshit FUD FUD FUD > > >>there is an alternative. There's a file you can rename or delet >>e to fix >>the security hole. Here are the steps: >> >>Perform a search for a file on your C drive called "uplddrvinfo >>.htm." >>Once you've found the file, delete it or rename it. Doing so wi >>ll not >>hinder your ability to use Windows XP. > > > bullshit bullshit bullshit. > > Does not fix problem. Gibson is dumb. > > -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- > Version: Hush 2.1 > Note: This signature can be verified at https://www.hushtools.com > > wlgEARECABgFAj1+RfMRHGdvYmJsZXNAaHVzaC5jb20ACgkQpmwDHEAx56siiwCgkCxM > SwzADNeDmHjVlFWgxDpK9yoAn3sN5Hqhxdyn9xOAFsdmtRYDN3Vd > =Ok0V > -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- > > > > > Get your free encrypted email at https://www.hushmail.com > _______________________________________________ > Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. > Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html > > _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.netsys.com/full-disclosure-charter.html
