full-disclosure - Re: [Wired Security/EOF] Disable Windows Defender(Vista) PoC code

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Date: Thu, 15 May 2008 23:33:58 +0200
From: <skyout.fd@...ed-security.net>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: [Wired Security/EOF] Disable Windows
 Defender(Vista) PoC code

On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:49:35 -0700, "Peter Ferrie" <peter.ferrie@...il.com>
wrote:
>> my friend Izee from the EOF-Project(.net) team has coded a
>> simple PoC code, that demonstrates how to disable the Windows
>> Defender on Vista (tested with and without SPs on x86/x64)
>> using its own API made for it.
> 
> Does he realise that he must be Admin first?
> Then he he can just disable the service, or delete the files, or
whatever.
> Using the API doesn't gain much here.
> 

the thing is, that microsoft says, that ONLY SIGNED processes can do this,
this
is a lie, nothing more and in my oppinion this opens an attack vector and
provides
common insecurity...

cheers,
skyout

ps: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762466(VS.85).aspx | read
remarks

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