full-disclosure - Re: Nmap NOT VULNERABLE to Windows DLL Hijacking Vulnerability

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Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2010 18:21:01 +0200 (CEST)
From: Pavel Kankovsky <peak@...o.troja.mff.cuni.cz>
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Nmap NOT VULNERABLE to Windows DLL Hijacking
 Vulnerability

On Wed, 8 Sep 2010, jf wrote:

> I still don't see how this is really MSFTs fault. I mean, there's
> defined APIs for getting the version, theres a fairly clear warning on
> MSDN for LoadLibrary & SearchPath; isn't this akin to blaming the OS
> vendor for the app vendor improperly using strcpy?

Providing a very dangerous API to developers and advising them to avoid
the most straightforward way of using it is like giving a hand grenade to
kids and advising them to be very careful when they play with it.

-- 
Pavel Kankovsky aka Peak                          / Jeremiah 9:21        \
"For death is come up into our MS Windows(tm)..." \ 21st century edition /

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