Re: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq () planetcobalt net>]

On 2006-12-05 eugeny gladkih wrote:
> > "MS" == Michael Scheidell <scheidell () secnap net> writes:
> > > we've found local privilege escalation in Symantec LiveState agent.
> > >
> > > PoC:
> > >
> > > 1. kill shstart.exe process
> >
> > Wouldn't you have to be administrator to kill shstart.exe?
>
> LocalSystem account has more privilegies then administrator's one.

So? As an administrator you can gain SYSTEM privileges at any time. This
behaviour is by design.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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