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From: StuartF at datacom.co.nz (Stuart Fox (DSL AK))
Subject: Terminal Server vulnerabilities 


>> But I would point out something much more important : there are many
>> more local exploits than remote (on Windows just like any other OS).
>>
>> Local exploits : about 1-2 a month
>> * POSIX - OS/2 subsystem exploitation
>> * Debugging subsystem exploitation (DebPloit)
>> * 16-bit subsystem exploitation (NTVDM)
>>* Shatter Attacks
>> * Etc.
>>
>> Remote exploits : about once a year
>> * RPC/DCOM (blaster)
>> * LSASS (sasser)
>>
>> Basically, if you are logged in as an unpriviledged user on a Terminal
>> Server, you can easily become SYSTEM. If this Terminal Server is also a
>> Domain Controller, game over.
>
>You forgot one important factor - the use of IE and Outlook for the fast
>direct-to-customer delivery of local exploits.  Which *also* results in
>a Game Over....
 
Assuming that the IE/Outlook bugs are privilege escalation bugs.  There seem to be relatively few of those - all of the recent ones have given you credentials of the local user, not localsystem (or even admin).

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