full-disclosure - Re: DLL hijacking with Autorun on a USB drive

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Message-ID: <AANLkTi=CZc1CiWNLZig7hk99E0tonBYjeMVQEg4xfoUA@mail.gmail.com>
Date: Wed, 1 Sep 2010 00:59:06 +0200
From: Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com>
To: Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu
Cc: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk, cmorris@...odu.edu,
	paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au
Subject: Re: DLL hijacking with Autorun on a USB drive

> (and yes, "interpreted data" like shell scripts and Java .class files and Flash
> are the sort of neither-fish-nor-fowl that give security models headaches, so
> don't bother flaming about that. ;)
OK. Also add exploits in non-executable data as well (such as a certain gif...).


What was your point again?


Cheers.



On Wed, Sep 1, 2010 at 12:56 AM,  <Valdis.Kletnieks@...edu> wrote:
> On Wed, 01 Sep 2010 08:34:47 +1000, paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au said:
>> Christian Sciberras <uuf6429@...il.com> wrote:
>>
>> > Why do you say harmless? Because you know a text file can't do
>> > anything at all.
>>
>> Exactly. The victim is attempting to view a plain text file. Surely
>> that can be done safely?
>
> Only if your OS's security model understands the fact that executable code
> and data belong in different security domains and thus different rules should
> apply about what files to "trust" in each category.
>
> (and yes, "interpreted data" like shell scripts and Java .class files and Flash
> are the sort of neither-fish-nor-fowl that give security models headaches, so
> don't bother flaming about that. ;)
>

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