bugtraq - Re: ZoneAlarm Security Circumvention

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Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:56:17 +0100
From: Ansgar Wiechers <bugtraq@...netcobalt.net>
To: bugtraq@...urityfocus.com
Subject: Re: ZoneAlarm Security Circumvention

On 2010-03-08 Andrew Barkley wrote:
> The following illustrates how one can easily disable ZoneAlarm's
> security for whatever malevolent purposes. This "vector" so to speak,
> is merely "abusing" a particular branch of the Windows registry, by
> registering this security service as disabled. When "exploiting" this
> "vector" (administrative privileges are assumed

Anything starting with "a user with administrative privileges can ..."
is neither a vulnerability nor a design flaw. Administrators can by
design do anything they want on the system. Period.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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