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June 26th, 2006, 03:27 AM
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Malicious Device Drivers
I've been reading about Windows lately, in particular about kernel mode and user mode. From what I understand, code running in kernel mode has access to just about any part of the operating system. Since device drivers run in kernel mode, what would stop someone from making a driver for, say, a usb flash drive and having it access the sam/syskey files to extract password hashes, and then paste them onto that very flash drive. Is there any built-in security to stop such things?
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