[Full-disclosure] More information on ZERT patch for ANI 0day

[James (njan) Eaton-Lee]

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.

  - James.

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