full-disclosure - Internet Explorer (BAN IT !!!)

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From: elvi52001 at yahoo.com (Peter King)
Subject: Internet Explorer (BAN IT !!!)

i confirm that an unprivileged user is safe from this exploit. and i agree with you : too many people are running their Windows with Full Privileges :/

Regards.
Peter - System Administrator

Irwan Hadi <irwanhadi@...by.com> wrote:
On Thu, Oct 09, 2003 at 07:54:08AM +1000, gregh wrote:

> 
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Stephen" 
> To: 
> Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 5:19 AM
> Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Internet Explorer (BAN IT !!!)
> 
> 
> >
> > It becomes really dangerous to use IE ...
> >
> > http://www.k-otik.com/WMPLAYER-TEST/
> >
> > God bless Mozilla
> >
> > http://www.mozilla.org/
> >
> 
> 
> Your test didn't work on my IESP1 under XP with all patches excepting
> 811394. Absolutely no effect on WMP. My original WMP remains and works.

It depends whether you were logging as a privileged user or not.
If not, then your browser can't delete the wmplayer.exe file, because
the only user that can change/delete the wmplayer.exe file is privileged
user.
C:\PROGRA~1\Windows Media Player>cacls wmplayer.exe
C:\PROGRA~1\Windows Media Player\wmplayer.exe BUILTIN\Users:R
BUILTIN\Power Users:C
BUILTIN\Administrators:F
NT AUTHORITY\SYSTEM:F

C:\PROGRA~1\Windows Media Player>

The problem is just too many people are running their Windows with
Full Privileges.

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