Re: [Full-disclosure] Internet Explorer 7 - Still Spyware Writers' Heaven

["Eliah Kagan" <degeneracypressure@xxxxxxxxx>]

On 11/2/06, Roger A. Grimes wrote:
> So, if you're statement is accurate that malware would need to be placed
> in a directory identified by the PATH statement, we can relax because
> that would require Administrator access to pull off. Admin access would
> be needed to modify the PATH statement appropriately to include the
> user's desktop or some other new user writable location or Admin access
> would be needed to copy a file into the locations indicated by the
> default PATH statement.

It would not require *administrator* access--non-administrator users
can still add things to their own PATHs, just not to the universal,
system PATH. (See Control Panel > System > Advanced > Environment
Variables.)

-Eliah

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