[41948] in bugtraq
Re[2]: [funsec] WMF round-up, updates and de-mystification
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Pierre Vandevenne)
Wed Jan 4 20:36:00 2006
Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 14:42:06 +0100
From: Pierre Vandevenne <pierre@datarescue.com>
Reply-To: Pierre Vandevenne <pierre@datarescue.com>
Message-ID: <43660376.20060103144206@datarescue.com>
To: "Larry Seltzer" <larry@larryseltzer.com>
Cc: "'FunSec [List]'" <funsec@linuxbox.org>, bugtraq@securityfocus.com
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Good Day,
Tuesday, January 3, 2006, 12:59:22 PM, you wrote:
GE>> The "patch" by Ilfak Guilfanov works, but by disabling a DLL in Windows.
PV>> I wouldn't say it does that. If you really want to simplify it in the
LS> extreme, it hides the vulnerable function.
LS> Think of it as a "White Hat Rootkit"
Or merely a TSR hooking an interrupt vector. It doesn't hide itself.
It doesn't allow any kind of remote access to anything.
I can't see how it could even be remotely described as a rootkit.
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Best regards,
Pierre mailto:pierre@datarescue.com
