Full Disclosure: Re: verizon vs m$

["Thor (Hammer of God)" <thor () hammerofgod com>]

I don't understand how Dan arrived at "Researchers bypass Internet Explorer Protected Mode" for the article title.  
Protected Mode isn't being bypassed at all - the "researchers that figured out a reliable way to bypass the measure" 
apparently just noticed that Protected Mode is disabled by default in the Local Intranet Zone.

Is this something you are concerned about?  This would obviously only be exploitable by accessing sites on one's own 
intranet by specifically using intranet nomenclature (and trusted sites, but the user has to add those).  Also, the 
article (or the researchers) are incorrect about the default settings for the Intranet zone - it's Medium-low, not 
Medium.   If the problem one is trying to fix is based on attackers compromising intranet sites and then posting code 
for unpatched vulnerabilities that would still end up only running in the user context, then you've got much bigger 
problems, no?

I'm just wondering why you are brining attention to the article, or really, why it was written in the first place.

t

-----Original Message-----
From: full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk [mailto:full-disclosure-bounces () lists grok org uk] On Behalf Of 
Georgi Guninski
Sent: Sunday, December 05, 2010 1:26 PM
To: full-disclosure () lists grok org uk
Subject: [Full-disclosure] verizon vs m$

in a world like this, verizon kills exploder bugs:

http://www.theregister.co.uk/2010/12/03/protected_mode_bypass/
http://www.verizonbusiness.com/resources/whitepapers/wp_escapingmicrosoftprotectedmodeinternetexplorer_en_xg.pdf

the language doesn't seem passionate:
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Finally, Microsoft and other software vendors should clearly document which features do and do not have associated 
security claims. Clearly stating which features make security claims, and which do not, will allow informed decisions 
to be made on IT security issues. 
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lol

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joro

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