Re: Re[2]: [funsec] WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification

[InfoSecBOFH <infosecbofh () gmail com>]

Oh come on Pierre.. you are talking to a reporter here... it is as
much of a rootkit as Metasploit is a virus.  Again... you are talking
to a reporter so it is about as usefull (especially in this case) as
talking to you morning dump before you flush.

On 1/3/06, Pierre Vandevenne <pierre () datarescue com> wrote:
> Good Day,
>
> Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 12:59:22 PM, you wrote:
>
> GE>> The "patch" by Ilfak Guilfanov works, but by disabling a DLL in Windows.
> PV>> I wouldn't say it does that. If you really want to simplify it in the
> LS> extreme, it hides the vulnerable function.
>
> LS> Think of it as a "White Hat Rootkit"
>
> Or merely a TSR hooking an interrupt vector. It doesn't hide itself.
> It doesn't allow any kind of remote access to anything.
>
> I can't see how it could even be remotely described as a rootkit.
>
>
> --
> Best regards,
>  Pierre                            mailto:pierre () datarescue com
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