Re: Vulnerability Disclosure

[Steve Shockley <steve.shockley () shockley net>]

matt.steer () marstons co uk wrote:
> The bug is in an installer and malicious input is crafted then pasted
> into an input field which is copied into a buffer of insufficient
> size. The conditions of the exploit seem a little extreme to me, but
> it still results in code execution.

Does it cause execution as a different user than the one who runs 
setup.exe or whatever?  If not, I'm not sure it's a vulnerability.  A 
bug, sure, but if you can start setup.exe as the user, you can start 
yourprogram.exe as well.

> Should all vulnerabilities be disclosed to a vendor (at least!)
> however high or low risk?

Personally, I report any bugs I find in software I care about to the 
vendor/author.  What they choose to do with it is usually their problem.