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Microsoft Windows "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" Security Issue
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Secunia Advisory:
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SA29458
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Release Date:
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2008-03-21
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Last Update:
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2009-03-06
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Popularity:
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14,492 views
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Critical:
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Not critical
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Impact:
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Security Bypass
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Where:
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Local system
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Solution Status:
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Vendor Patch
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| OS: | Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2008
Microsoft Windows Storage Server 2003
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional
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Description:
CERT/CC has reported a security issue in Windows, which can be exploited by malicious people to bypass certain security settings.
AutoPlay is a feature designed to immediately begin reading from a drive (e.g. run a setup file) when a media is inserted. According to Microsoft, this feature can be disabled for all drives by setting the value of the "HKLM\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\Policies\Explorer\NoDriveTypeAutoRun" registry key to "0xFF". However, as Windows Vista fails to properly handle the mentioned registry key, this may still result in programs being executed automatically when a media is inserted even with the registry key value set to "0xFF".
Successful exploitation may result in execution of arbitrary code, but requires physical access to a vulnerable system or that a user is tricked into inserting a malicious media (e.g. USB device).
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