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<blockquote data-quote="Andy Ful" data-source="post: 837697" data-attributes="member: 32260"><p>I asked because a few years ago there was vulnerability related to Windows Explorer's management of shortcut icons. So, the shortcut code could be manipulated to run malicious DLL, when Explorer displayed shortcut icons, without user intervention. This vulnerability was patched a few years ago.</p><p></p><p>You can easily check if H_C blocks properly shortcuts by copying any working shortcut from Desktop to USB drive and trying to run it. It should run from Desktop but should be blocked on USB drive.</p><p></p><p><strong>This protection can be bypassed by the user when EXE files are allowed in H_C, by copying the malicious shortcut from USB drive to Desktop.</strong> On the Desktop, shortcuts are whitelisted so the command line will be executed. Next, SRP will check that EXE files are not blocked and finally the EXE file will be allowed to run.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Andy Ful, post: 837697, member: 32260"] I asked because a few years ago there was vulnerability related to Windows Explorer's management of shortcut icons. So, the shortcut code could be manipulated to run malicious DLL, when Explorer displayed shortcut icons, without user intervention. This vulnerability was patched a few years ago. You can easily check if H_C blocks properly shortcuts by copying any working shortcut from Desktop to USB drive and trying to run it. It should run from Desktop but should be blocked on USB drive. [B]This protection can be bypassed by the user when EXE files are allowed in H_C, by copying the malicious shortcut from USB drive to Desktop.[/B] On the Desktop, shortcuts are whitelisted so the command line will be executed. Next, SRP will check that EXE files are not blocked and finally the EXE file will be allowed to run. [/QUOTE]
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