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


From: paul.szabo () sydney edu au
Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 07:13:57 +1000

Christian Sciberras <uuf6429 () gmail com> wrote:

... the approach to fixing it is not practical ...
... it is [the fault of] the underlying dll loading mechanism.

Do you mean that the practical solution would be for MS to set
sensible defaults? It took them many years for SafeDllSearchMode,
expect just as many for CWDIllegalInDllSearch.

In the meantime, let us get all apps fixed. Or install Ubuntu.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz () maths usyd edu au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

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