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

[paul.szabo@xxxxxxxxxxxxx]

Charles Morris <cmorris@xxxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> ... complaining about this since 1999.

Since 1998 at least, see:
  Microsoft warns of DLL vulnerability in applications
  
http://www.h-online.com/security/news/item/Microsoft-warns-of-DLL-vulnerability-in-applications-1064584.html
    ... the NSA warnedPDF of the problem of "DLL spoofing" in its
    "Windows NT Security Guidelines" 12 years ago.
    http://packetstormsecurity.org/NT/audit/NSAGuidePlus.PDF

(Does anyone have older references?)

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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