bugtraq - Re[2]: [funsec] WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification

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Message-ID: <43660376.20060103144206@datarescue.com>
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:42:06 +0100
From: Pierre Vandevenne <pierre@...arescue.com>
To: "Larry Seltzer" <larry@...ryseltzer.com>
Cc: "'FunSec [List]'" <funsec@...uxbox.org>,
	bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re[2]: [funsec] WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification

Good Day,

Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 12:59:22 PM, you wrote:

GE>> The "patch" by Ilfak Guilfanov works, but by disabling a DLL in Windows.
PV>> I wouldn't say it does that. If you really want to simplify it in the
LS> extreme, it hides the vulnerable function.  

LS> Think of it as a "White Hat Rootkit"

Or merely a TSR hooking an interrupt vector. It doesn't hide itself.
It doesn't allow any kind of remote access to anything.

I can't see how it could even be remotely described as a rootkit.

-- 
Best regards,
 Pierre                            mailto:pierre@...arescue.com