full-disclosure - Re: DLL hijacking with Autorun on a USB drive

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Date: Tue, 31 Aug 2010 19:18:50 -0700
From: Dan Kaminsky <dan@...para.com>
To: "paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au" <paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au>
Cc: "full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk" <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	"cmorris@...odu.edu" <cmorris@...odu.edu>,
	"Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu" <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu>
Subject: Re: DLL hijacking with Autorun on a USB drive





On Aug 31, 2010, at 6:49 PM, paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au wrote:

> Dan Kaminsky <dan@...para.com> wrote:
>
>> iexplore.exe has a security model. Explorer.exe doesn't ...
>
> Very dim view. So, there is no way for a Windows user to access his
> "desktop", e.g. any data on a CD or USB stick, in a safe way? Seems so
> wasteful for MS to try and plug autorun viruses, then...
>
> Thankfully, you are wrong. All decent OSs have some security. (Some  
> are
> more decent than others.)
>

Ok. Which desktop shell doesn't behave just like explorer?

More instructively -- what would a secure desktop look like?


> Cheers, Paul
>
> Paul Szabo   psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
> School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney     
> Australia

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