As Michael said below, there is a vulnerability in the USB driver that
runs on Windows systems. The "original source" (if there is such a thing
in today's internet journalism) is eweek:
http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,1895,1840141,00.asp
As for AutoRun.ini's, they don't work from any physically removable
source. Windows will only search for autoruns if it detects the device
as a CD-ROM drive. You could possibly exploit this buy using a usb-based
removable USB drive, but I wouldn't hold my breath.
Good Luck!
Calum
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Systems Administrator
Server101.com
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Michael Parker wrote:
There was recently (Monday of this week) a vulnerability disclosed with
regards to a flaw in the USB driver that affected Windows systems (verified)
and *nix systems (suspected). I don't have a directlink but it was on
slashdot.
Michael Parker, BA (Hon), GSEC, MBCS
Information Security Coordinator
Research In Motion
Phone: 519.888.7465
Cell: 519.573.4782
mparker@rim.com
-----Original Message-----
From: NewYork User <newyorkuser@gmail.com>
To: pen-test@securityfocus.com <pen-test@securityfocus.com>
Sent: Tue Jul 26 10:51:40 2005
Subject: Security with USB Devices
List,
Does any one know a good program to "autorun" from USB drive on a
windows 2000 or an XP machine? I have tried the traditional
Autorun.inf but didn't have any luck. I looked up in google but
couldn't find any useful stuff. I saw some commercial programs to use
for backup etc..But its not of any use if I want to prove my point
that data can be vulnerable if use of USB drives is not restricted
either by using a program or any kind of security control. I created a
simple batch file to open up a Netcat listener. It is pretty common
for the users lock their machines and leave their desks. I'm looking
for any kind of scripts that can run a batch file automatically or can
copy the data automatically. Any ideas?
Thanks for your help.
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