full-disclosure - Insecure call to CreateProcess()/CreateProcessAsUser()

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Message-ID: <200605212131.k4LLVQZv024970@asti.maths.usyd.edu.au>
Date: Sun May 21 22:31:46 2006
From: psz at maths.usyd.edu.au (Paul Szabo)
Subject: Insecure call to
	CreateProcess()/CreateProcessAsUser()

Charles Morris <cmorris@...odu.edu> wrote:
> ... iexplore.exe calls CreateProcess() [insecurely]. ...
> Microsoft was notified, they told me it was a "non issue" ...

References I have to similar behaviour:

Useless tidbit [MS AntiSpyware, program.exe trick]
  http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-May/033909.html
iDEFENSE Security Advisory 11.15.05:
Multiple Vendor Insecure Call to CreateProcess() Vulnerability
  http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/038789.html
Window's O/S [IE notepad.exe in Desktop]
  http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/039095.html
  http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/039109.html
  http://lists.grok.org.uk/pipermail/full-disclosure/2005-November/039116.html

Seems that Microsoft recognized and promised to fix this in Antispyware
(now Windows Defender), I do not see why they cannot fix IExplore also.

Cheers,

Paul Szabo   psz@...hs.usyd.edu.au   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia