Re: Privilege escalation flaw in MDaemon 7.2.

[kf_lists <kf_lists () secnetops com>]

When I tested things it was on MDaemon 6.8

Excuse me... they did respond and it was LESS than a year ago. =]. Here 
is how it went:
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02/03/2004 11:10 AM

Hello!

I have sent this on to the developers.

However, the issue you describe would require a user to have a valid
login and physical access to the machine.  With both of those, they can
login to the server and access the MDaemon GUI, which can also be
further secured with a password.  I'm not dismissing your submission,
just providing feedback.

If you have any questions, please let us know.  Thanks!

-- Billy Pinson Customer Service Lead Alt-N Technologies, Ltd. Helping 
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02/04/2004 06:33 PM

Thanks much... any time estimate on the fix? It sounds as if it may have 
a low priority since its being added to a list.

-KF

Alt-N Sales - Billy Pinson wrote:

> One thing the developers have suggested in the mean time is to change
> the service so that it can not interact with the desktop, this would
> prevent the GUI from showing up.
>
> If you need GUI access simply run the MDaemon ghost option.  This will
> launch the GUI under the users account, rather than the system account.
>
> They have placed this on their list of things to be fixed.
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03/18/2004 10:11 PM
Alt-N Sales - Lina Daaboul wrote:

> Hello,
>
> We do not have an estimated time at this time. 
> If you have any questions, please let us know.  Thanks!
-KF



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