RE: [SLUG] How to break Vista wide open

From: Ken Elliott (kelliott11@cfl.rr.com)
Date: Wed May 28 2008 - 07:54:04 EDT


>> I don't have Flash

Maybe that's a good thing. A zero-day exploit Flash attack is underway
right not

http://blogs.zdnet.com/security/?p=1189

Ken Elliott
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From: slug@nks.net [mailto:slug@nks.net] On Behalf Of Eben King
Sent: Wednesday, May 28, 2008 3:42 AM
To: slug@nks.net
Subject: Re: [SLUG] How to break Vista wide open

On Mon, 26 May 2008, Aaron Wyatt Minklei wrote:

> This video demonstrates a clever abuse of system design to circumvent
> security. Remember, people: When physical access is granted to a
> machine, all security can and should be considered null and void.
>
> http://www.offensive-security.com/movies/vistahack/vistahack.html

Sounds cool. I don't have Flash; can you supply a direct URL? I extracted
an XML description of the movie, but it has

<isFlv type="Boolean">0</isFlv>

so that's a dead end.

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