Full Disclosure: Re: Terminal Server vulnerabilities

["Nicolas RUFF (lists)" <ruff.lists () edelweb fr>]

        Hello,

I agree with everyone that TS is prone to MiTM attacks, since there is 
no server authentication at all.
Have a look at RDESKTOP sources and you will see a plaintext key 
exchange at the beginning of the TS session. I suspect this key is 
related to the L$HYDRAENCKEY_xxx LSA secret. Building a transparent "RDP 
proxy" with on-the-fly decryption seems feasible.
And don't even think on using the "encryption : low" setting !


But I would point out something much more important : there are many
more local exploits than remote (on Windows just like any other OS).

Local exploits : about 1-2 a month
* POSIX - OS/2 subsystem exploitation
* Debugging subsystem exploitation (DebPloit)
* 16-bit subsystem exploitation (NTVDM)
* Shatter Attacks
* Etc.

Remote exploits : about once a year
* RPC/DCOM (blaster)
* LSASS (sasser)

Basically, if you are logged in as an unpriviledged user on a Terminal
Server, you can easily become SYSTEM. If this Terminal Server is also a 
Domain Controller, game over.
Regards,
- Nicolas RUFF
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