Re: [Wired Security/EOF] Disable Windows Defender(Vista) PoC code

[<skyout.fd () wired-security net>]

On Wed, 14 May 2008 13:49:35 -0700, "Peter Ferrie" <peter.ferrie () gmail com>
wrote:
> > my friend Izee from the EOF-Project(.net) team has coded a
> > simple PoC code, that demonstrates how to disable the Windows
> > Defender on Vista (tested with and without SPs on x86/x64)
> > using its own API made for it.
>
> Does he realise that he must be Admin first?
> Then he he can just disable the service, or delete the files, or
whatever.
> Using the API doesn't gain much here.

the thing is, that microsoft says, that ONLY SIGNED processes can do this,
this
is a lie, nothing more and in my oppinion this opens an attack vector and
provides
common insecurity...

cheers,
skyout

ps: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb762466(VS.85).aspx | read
remarks

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