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Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API Sep 13 2007 09:16AM
Tim Brown (tmb 65535 com) (2 replies)

RE: Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API Sep 14 2007 07:56PM
Roger A. Grimes (roger banneretcs com)

Re: Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API Sep 13 2007 05:46PM
Todd Manning (sflist digitaloffense net) (1 replies)

On Sep 13, 2007, at 04:16 AM, Tim Brown wrote:

> A paper has just been released on the Windows Vista's gadget API. The
> abstract is as follows:
>
> Windows has had the ability to embed HTML into it?s user interface
> for many
> years. Right back to and including Windows NT 4.0, it has been
> possible to
> embed HTML into the task bar, but the OS has always maintained a
> sandbox,
> from which the HTML has been unable to escape. All this changes
> with Windows
> Vista. This paper seeks to inform system administrators, users and the
> wider community on both potential attack vectors using gadgets and the
> mitigations provided by Windows Vista.
>
> The full paper can be found at http://www.portcullis-security.com/
> 165.php.
>

Good paper; Since this is out there I figure I'll forward the much
shorter article I wrote that details an attack against the contact
gadget, which was patched last month.

https://strikecenter.bpointsys.com/articles/2007/08/26/vista-gadget-
patches-in-ms07-048

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RE: Next generation malware: Windows Vista's gadget API Sep 15 2007 12:09AM
avivra (avivra gmail com)