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

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Date: Fri, 3 Sep 2010 13:37:26 +1000
From: paul.szabo@...ney.edu.au
To: full-disclosure@...ts.grok.org.uk
Subject: Re: DLL hijacking with Autorun on a USB drive

I wrote:

> Since 1998 at least, see:
>   Microsoft warns of DLL vulnerability in applications
>   http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-warns-of-DLL-vulnerability-in-applications-1064584.html
>     ... the NSA warnedPDF of the problem of "DLL spoofing" in its
>     "Windows NT Security Guidelines" 12 years ago.
>     http://packetstormsecurity.org/NT/audit/NSAGuidePlus.PDF
>
> (Does anyone have older references?)

I now noticed:
  An Intro to... Windows NT Security by Steve Sutton
  http://www.blacksheepnetworks.com/security/info/nt/ntintrotosec.htm
mentions DLL spoofing and seems dated Oct 1997.

Cheers, Paul

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

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