Remote Code Execution on Most Dell Computers

Post by Flockster » Wed, May 01, 2019, 10:27 PM UTC

rohit2412 wrote: post #141

LeoPanthera wrote: post #126

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It works, too. This is partly why the iPhone was so popular, at first. It's been so long now that probably everyone has forgotten, but before the iPhone, essentially every smartphone on the market was fully loaded with trialware, crapware, and often had hardware features locked out by software so that you could pay extra to unlock them. I remember one particular phone that had four user-configurable hardware buttons,…

> often had hardware features locked out by software so that you could pay extra to unlock them. Funny, apple did this to iPod touch

Post by kbenson » Wed, May 01, 2019, 10:30 PM UTC

throw_away wrote: post #138

cryptonector wrote: post #50

OEM: Let's differentiate our otherwise commodity hw product! OEM: I know, let's add value with bundled software the customer can't uninstall! Then the bundled software turns out to (inevitably) be useless vulnerable garbage. Inevitably because a) the customer doesn't need it, b) it's engineered with all the effort that normally goes into adware for captive audiences (i.e., _minimal_), which means it will be vulnerabl…

Second product for this mythical OEM should just be a TV with an instant-on button and as many hdmi ports that will fit given a small-as-possible bezel. One model per year per common size->one price. Big sale on thanksgiving and then the slightly better ones come out.

Post by Tiki » Wed, May 01, 2019, 10:40 PM UTC

Post by BillDemirkapi » Wed, May 01, 2019, 10:41 PM UTC

codedokode wrote: post #134

Cannot this vulnerability be exploited by creating a free wi-fi access point, opening a captive portal on user's device and attacking them from there? Another option is to wait until the victim requests something with HTTP (some ad networks still use it) and inject the payload into the traffic.

Post by lopmotr » Wed, May 01, 2019, 10:47 PM UTC

kbenson wrote: post #153

throw_away wrote: post #138

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Second product for this mythical OEM should just be a TV with an instant-on button and as many hdmi ports that will fit given a small-as-possible bezel. One model per year per common size->one price. Big sale on thanksgiving and then the slightly better ones come out.

> a TV with an instant-on button Please . I use a 4k TV as my computer monitor. It's works fairly well for that because I researched it and found a good fit, but I use a remote to start it every time, and it takes 15-20 seconds before it's ready to receive input. That's a long time to be sitting in front of your computer waiting, especially when it happens 3-10 times a day.