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

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Date: Mon, 13 Sep 2010 08:59:58 -0500
From: Rohit Patnaik <quanticle@...il.com>
To: YGN Ethical Hacker Group <lists@...g.net>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	bugtraq <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Subject: Re: KeePass version 2.12 <= Insecure DLL
 Hijacking Vulnerability (dwmapi.dll)

>DLL Hijacking is highly effective in combination with use of Social
Engineering Toolkit.

Isn't *any* mechanism for code execution going to be effective with the use
of social engineering?  I mean, isn't that what we've known for years, that
the weakest component of any security system is the users?

-- Rohit Patnaik

On Wed, Sep 8, 2010 at 3:36 AM, YGN Ethical Hacker Group <lists@...g.net>wrote:

> A vulnerability is a vulnerability.
> A SQL Injection is a type of Vulnerability.
> For each type of Vulnerability, there will be thousands of web
> applications that might be vulnerable to it.
> DLL Hijacking is same.
>
> We do each post rather than a list so that security vulnerability news
> site can get required detailed information
> as possible.
>
> If you don't want it, set filter for each post subject with "DLL
> Hijacking" or from our email.
>
> We can't underestimate such an easy flaw that leads to system
> compromise or command execution under user' privilege.
>
> Disabling remote share/WebDav is not a solution to DLL Hijacking at all.
>
> DLL Hijacking is highly effective in combination with the use of
> Social Engineering Toolkit.
>
>
>
>
> On Tue, Sep 7, 2010 at 2:28 PM, Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
> wrote:
> > I'm getting a bit tired of throwing away these "security advisories".
> >
> > Really, someone should install a whole load of popular applications,
> ensure
> > any of them load their own files, and finally, thanks to a mass
> dependency
> > check, ensure DWM is being loaded at runtime.
> >
> > At least, it would be just one email/thread to trash.
> >
> >
> >
>
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