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

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Date: Thu, 9 Sep 2010 20:30:18 +0200
From: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
To: YGN Ethical Hacker Group <lists@...g.net>
Cc: Mitja Kolsek <mitja.kolsek@...ossecurity.com>,
	full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, bugtraq@...urityfocus.com,
	paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au
Subject: Re: KeePass version 2.12 <= Insecure DLL
 Hijacking Vulnerability (dwmapi.dll)

I can't take THAT seriously. At least not all of it.

The part that interested me most:

>  4. Should I find such vulnerability in many applications as I can?
>
>  You should not. It's just a waste of time and your energy. Focus on most popular application types/classes.

If, say, DWM.dll is exploitable, why not point *that* out rather than
point out the many applications that are using it (wrongly)?

Oh, and the "report". For obvious reasons, I cannot include the full
report. If I missed passing any detail, just ask and I'll fix right
away.

http://img189.imageshack.us/img189/4801/31998033.png

On Thu, Sep 9, 2010 at 8:10 PM, YGN Ethical Hacker Group <lists@...g.net> wrote:
> Hi Christian
>
> The reason I use "Clean" doesn't mean (or I'm not accusing) your
> Windows is infected.
> It's better to test DLL Hijacking in Clean Copy of Windows without any
> prior applications messup.
>
> Please take a look at
> http://core.yehg.net/lab/pr0js/texts/when_testing_for_dll_hijacking.txt
>
> We thank ACROS Security for bringing life to this issue.
> We'll take social responsibility as a security community to stop this
> issue as much as we could.
>

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