full-disclosure - Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised

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Date: Fri, 6 Feb 2009 18:20:08 +0000
From: Andy McKnight <andy.mcknight@...il.com>
To: Miller Grey <vigilantgregorius@...il.com>
Cc: full-disclosure <full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk>,
	Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Subject: Re: Windows 7 UAC compromised

2009/2/6 Miller Grey <vigilantgregorius@...il.com>

> ...knowing all this, how does it get fixed?  What is the proper way for MS
> to enforce UAC?
>

They need to put a version of UAC in place that will alert the user when a
process is trying to make a change that weakens the overall security posture
of the box.  They need *only* alert the user when this change is with
malicious intent.  They need to elimiate all false positives.  Good luck
with that.

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