Full Disclosure: Re: More information on ZERT patch for ANI 0day

[Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>]

On Mon, 2 Apr 2007, James (njan) Eaton-Lee wrote:
> Gadi Evron wrote:
> > Although eEye has released a third-party patch that will prevent the
> > latest exploit from working, it doesn't fix the flawed copy routine. It
> > simply requires that any cursors loaded must reside within the Windows
> > directory (typically C:\WINDOWS\ or C:\WINNT\). This approach should
> > successfully mitigate most "drive-by's," but might be bypassed by an
> > attacker with access to this directory.
> I'm thinking that an attacker with write access to %systemroot% probably 
> has juicier, simpler targets to attack (which potentially let them run 
> code in a higher security context) than animated cursors.
http://www.milw0rm.com/exploits/3636


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