mIRC running with a DDE server could allow an attacker to gain elevated privileges
| mirc-dde-gain-privileges (8292) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
mIRC could allow a local attacker to execute programs with elevated privileges. If mIRC is already running with a DDE server enabled, a local attacker could open another instance of mIRC on the same computer using the RunAs service and execute a command using a DDE message that would allow the attacker to launch a program with privileges of the owner of the original mIRC process.
Platforms Affected:
- mIRC, mIRC
Remedy:
No remedy available as of November 22, 2008.
Consequences:
Gain Privileges
References:
- BugTraq Mailing List, 2001-12-02 17:06:22, mIRC bug? at http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=100734173831990&w=2.
- mIRC Home page, mIRC - An Internet Relay Chat program at http://www.mirc.com/index.html.
- CVE-2001-0944: DDE in mIRC allows local users to launch applications under another user's account via a DDE message that executes a command, which may be executed by the other user's process.
Reported:
Feb 12, 2001
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