Re: KeePass version 2.12 <= Insecure DLL Hijacking Vulnerability (dwmapi.dll)

[Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com>]

With the recent MS update/patch and my POC failure (to exploit the
vuln), it is clear that this type of "vulnerability" is impractical.
In the (few) cases where it *might* work, the approach to fixing it is
not practical; that is, there are hundreds if not thousands, of
vulnerable applications.
Just consider that DWM (as in above) is loaded via well known and
widely used API.
If that ain't proof enough, see what they did with mshtml in Notepad.
Whichever the case, it is not the application's fault, but the
underlying dll loading mechanism.
Having each vulnerable application's developer fixing it is hardly
practical, thus, your (and other related) reports are, mildly put, a
huge waste of time.

Cheers,
Chris.




On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 10:36 AM, YGN Ethical Hacker Group
<lists () yehg net> wrote:
> A vulnerability is a vulnerability.
> A SQL Injection is a type of Vulnerability.
> For each type of Vulnerability, there will be thousands of web
> applications that might be vulnerable to it.
> DLL Hijacking is same.
>
> We do each post rather than a list so that security vulnerability news
> site can get required detailed information
> as possible.
>
> If you don't want it, set filter for each post subject with "DLL
> Hijacking" or from our email.
>
> We can't underestimate such an easy flaw that leads to system
> compromise or command execution under user' privilege.
>
> Disabling remote share/WebDav is not a solution to DLL Hijacking at all.
>
> DLL Hijacking is highly effective in combination with the use of
> Social Engineering Toolkit.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com> wrote:
> > I'm getting a bit tired of throwing away these "security advisories".
> >
> > Really, someone should install a whole load of popular applications, ensure
> > any of them load their own files, and finally, thanks to a mass dependency
> > check, ensure DWM is being loaded at runtime.
> >
> > At least, it would be just one email/thread to trash.

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