full-disclosure - Re: Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API

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Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2007 23:04:28 +0530
From: "Strykar" <str@...kerzlair.org>
To: "'Tim Brown'" <tmb@...35.com>, <bugtraq@...urityfocus.com>
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: Next generation malware: Windows Vista's
	gadget API

> 
> Firstly, "the sky isn't falling, the risks posed by the gadget API
> already
> existed elsewhere in Windows generally, but this is another new attack
> surface without any legacy dependencies".  This is my general view on
> the
> gadget API.
> 

Yahoo widgets.

> Finally, why on earth does the trust model for gadgets consist of full
> trust
> and nothing more.  Why not allow gadgets to state in their manifest
> that for
> example they don't need to execute things, won't make use of ActiveX
> controls
> and will only connect to a specific host?
> 

Or have the OS force a restrained environment for them to run within.
The usability and convenience offered by them isn't worth the opportunities
they proffer.

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