Re: Symantec LiveState Agent for Windows vulnerability - Local Privilege Escalation

[Ansgar -59cobalt- Wiechers <bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>]

On 2006-12-05 eugeny gladkih wrote:
>> "MS" == Michael Scheidell <scheidell@xxxxxxxxxx> 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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