bugtraq - Re: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet Explorer

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Message-ID: <Pine.LNX.4.10.10402101627500.19813-100000@gypsy.impsec.org>
Date: Tue, 10 Feb 2004 16:28:31 -0800 (PST)
From: "John D. Hardin" <jhardin@...sec.org>
To: der Mouse <mouse@...ents.Montreal.QC.CA>
Cc: Darren Reed <avalon@...igula.anu.edu.au>,
	bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: Round One: "DLL Proxy" Attack Easily Hijacks SSL from Internet
 Explorer


On Tue, 10 Feb 2004, der Mouse wrote:

> Depends.  Does it include the tools necessary to sign my own code?
> 
> If so, what's to stop a malware creator from using those same tools to
> sign the attack vector?

How does the malware author get the private half of a public key you
trust for software installations?

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