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TITLE:
Windows Vista "NoDriveTypeAutoRun" Security Issue

SECUNIA ADVISORY ID:
SA29458

VERIFY ADVISORY:
http://secunia.com/advisories/29458/

CRITICAL:
Not critical

IMPACT:
Security Bypass

WHERE:
Local system

OPERATING SYSTEM:
Microsoft Windows Vista
http://secunia.com/product/13223/

DESCRIPTION:
CERT/CC has reported a security issue in Windows Vista, 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).

SOLUTION:
Restrict access to affected systems.

Do not insert any untrusted media even with the registry key value
set to disable AutoPlay for all drives.

PROVIDED AND/OR DISCOVERED BY:
Will Dormann and Jeff Gennari, CERT/CC.

ORIGINAL ADVISORY:
US-CERT VU#889747:
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/889747

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