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Re: ZoneAlarm Security Circumvention
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  • To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
  • Subject: Re: ZoneAlarm Security Circumvention
  • From: Ansgar Wiechers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  • Date: Mon, 8 Mar 2010 22:56:17 +0100
  • In-reply-to: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
  • References: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
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On 2010-03-08 Andrew Barkley wrote:
> The following illustrates how one can easily disable ZoneAlarm's
> security for whatever malevolent purposes. This "vector" so to speak,
> is merely "abusing" a particular branch of the Windows registry, by
> registering this security service as disabled. When "exploiting" this
> "vector" (administrative privileges are assumed

Anything starting with "a user with administrative privileges can ..."
is neither a vulnerability nor a design flaw. Administrators can by
design do anything they want on the system. Period.

Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
-- 
"All vulnerabilities deserve a public fear period prior to patches
becoming available."
--Jason Coombs on Bugtraq

 
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