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Re: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation
From: Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers (bugtraq
planetcobalt.net)
Date: Tue Dec 05 2006 - 13:47:41 CST
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On 2006-12-05 eugeny gladkih wrote:
>> "MS" == Michael Scheidell <scheidellsecnap.net> writes:
>>> we've found local privilege escalation in Symantec LiveState agent.
>>>
>>> PoC:
>>>
>>> 1. kill shstart.exe process
>>
>> Wouldn't you have to be administrator to kill shstart.exe?
>
> LocalSystem account has more privilegies then administrator's one.
So? As an administrator you can gain SYSTEM privileges at any time. This
behaviour is by design.
Regards
Ansgar Wiechers
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