Re: [Full-disclosure] DLL hijacking with Autorun on a USB drive

[paul.szabo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Dan Kaminsky <dan@xxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

>>> Instead of it executing "wab.exe (Windows Address Book) and open the
>>> file test.vcf", one can directly get any .exe file open.
>>
>> Users have shown themselves very willing to open up test.vcf.exe.
>
> Or for that matter, test, which is actually an exe with the icon of a  
> vcf.  Thus the problem with all this chortling about foolish  
> applications:  the desktop simply does not possess the security model  
> of the browser or the email client.

Badly setup desktops: do not "hide extensions", maybe view details (or
list) not icons.

Cheers, Paul

Paul Szabo   psz@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx   http://www.maths.usyd.edu.au/u/psz/
School of Mathematics and Statistics   University of Sydney    Australia

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