Tom Ferris
14/12/05, 21:30
Retina can do remote registry, and file version checks with the proper
credentials. So more than likely, its doing a registry check for the
hotfix.
Tom Ferris
Researcher
www.security-protocols.com
Key fingerprint = 0DFA 6275 BA05 0380 DD91 34AD C909 A338 D1AF 5D78
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> Joshua Russel wrote in
> news:7a282fc30512131028g40d65517k2254283bfecec6db@ mail.gmail.com
>> It is a local vulnerability, then how does Retina claims to scan it
>> remotely?
>
> Well, at a guess....
>
>> On 12/13/05, Advisories <Advisories@eeye.com> wrote:
>
>>> Systems Affected:
>>> Windows NT 4.0
>>> Windows 2000
>
>>> Beginning with Windows XP, KeFlushQueueApc contains a code fix that
>>> resolves this vulnerability.
>
> ... it just looks to see if the O/S is XP/2K3 or NT/2K.
>
> cheers,
> DaveK
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credentials. So more than likely, its doing a registry check for the
hotfix.
Tom Ferris
Researcher
www.security-protocols.com
Key fingerprint = 0DFA 6275 BA05 0380 DD91 34AD C909 A338 D1AF 5D78
On Tue, 13 Dec 2005, Dave Korn wrote:
> Joshua Russel wrote in
> news:7a282fc30512131028g40d65517k2254283bfecec6db@ mail.gmail.com
>> It is a local vulnerability, then how does Retina claims to scan it
>> remotely?
>
> Well, at a guess....
>
>> On 12/13/05, Advisories <Advisories@eeye.com> wrote:
>
>>> Systems Affected:
>>> Windows NT 4.0
>>> Windows 2000
>
>>> Beginning with Windows XP, KeFlushQueueApc contains a code fix that
>>> resolves this vulnerability.
>
> ... it just looks to see if the O/S is XP/2K3 or NT/2K.
>
> cheers,
> DaveK
> --
> Can't think of a witty .sigline today....
>
>
>
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