full-disclosure - Re: Cybsec Advisory 2011 0901 Windows Script Host DLL Hijacking

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Date: Fri, 02 Sep 2011 18:05:32 -0700
From: IA64 LOL <ia64lol@...il.com>
To: Mario Vilas <mvilas@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Cybsec Advisory 2011 0901 Windows Script Host
 DLL Hijacking

dll hijacking, so 2010. wtf is this shit, its been a year since this
class of vulns became "mainstream" infosuck.

On 09/02/2011 05:59 PM, Mario Vilas wrote:
> If it's a trusted .vbs then how would you drop a .dll in the same directory?
> If you have write permissions it's easier to just modify the .vbs.
> 
> You might as well claim the added value is to backdoor a .vbs file
> subrepticiously so it doesn't show when inspecting the source code. But it
> doesn't add that much, really, since a new and misterious .dll file would
> also draw the attention, so it's probably easier to hide malicious intent
> into the source code by obfuscating it.
> 
> On Fri, Sep 2, 2011 at 11:53 PM, Nahuel Grisolia <nahuel@...sai-sec.com>wrote:
> 
>> List,
>>
>> On 09/02/2011 06:45 PM, root wrote:
>>> You don't get the worst part: unsuccessful exploitation also leads to
>>> code execution.
>>> Scary stuff.
>>>
>>> On 09/02/2011 05:05 PM, Mario Vilas wrote:
>>>> Are you guys seriously reporting that double clicking on a malicious
>> .vbs
>>>> file could lead to remote code execution? :P
>>>>
>>>> Either I'm missing something (and I'd welcome a rebuttal here!) or you
>> might
>>>> as well add .exe to that list. All those extensions are already
>> executable.
>>
>> I think that they're talking about that executing a trusted vbs could
>> lead to the execution of malicious code.
>>
>> :S
>>
>> regards,
>> --
>> Nahuel Grisolia - C|EH
>> Information Security Consultant
>> Bonsai Information Security Project Leader
>> http://www.bonsai-sec.com/
>> (+54-11) 4777-3107
>>
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