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Re: Microsoft Windows Vista/2003/XP/2000 file management security issues
From: Tim <tim-security () sentinelchicken org>
Date: Fri, 9 Mar 2007 11:19:58 -0500
Roger,
But we'll have to agree to disagree. Your security scenarios are just bizarre. It's a lot easier to hack people then going through all the interations you suggest. For one, I've been a sys admin for 20 years and NEVER created a private folder under a public folder. Not in my Novell days, not in my Windows days. The only time I've seen a private folder created under a public folder is the \Users folder, and in that case, the users only have Read and List access to the parent \Users folder, and then Full Control to their own folders.
I find your assessment somewhat short-sighted. I have conducted code reviews on several commercial apps which use C:\TEMP in very insecure ways to store sensitive data. It seems some of these attacks would be possible in those situations. Sure, Windows is already pathetically insecure against an attackers already on the local system, but this would be yet another attack vector. tim _______________________________________________ Full-Disclosure - We believe in it. Charter: http://lists.grok.org.uk/full-disclosure-charter.html Hosted and sponsored by Secunia - http://secunia.com/
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