RE: Unofficial Microsoft patches help hackers, not security

["Christopher Carpenter" <ccarpenter () dswa net>]

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From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk
[mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of Joe
Average
Sent: Wednesday, January 04, 2006 11:50 AM
To: Niek; full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: Re: [Full-disclosure] Unofficial Microsoft patches help
hackers,not security

 

> From my blog:

 

""[Unofficial patches are available, as is a leaked official patch]
[Unofficial patches are merely used by hackers as a tool to patch
machines they've compromised, to stop other hackers hacking the same
machine, although the machine is still accessable to the hacker.] [The
consumer goes along to Windows Update on Tuesday and doesn't think they
need a patch, because Microsoft tells them its not needed. Little does
the consumer know their machine was patched by a hacker, who now has
control over their computer network.]"" 

 

It means the unofficial patch is as harmful as the vulnerability and
exploit code its self.



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While this might be the case with binary-only patches, the patch
released by Ilfak Guilfanov comes with the source.  Review it and
compile it yourself if you are concerned.

 

Chris

 

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