Google PinYin Input Method Security Vulnerability

Source: Internet
Author: User
Google PinYin Input Method is a very good input method. In fact, when I wrote this blog, I used the just-downloaded Google Pinyin input method.

However, note that there is a serious security vulnerability in Windows Vista Implementation of the first version of Google PinYin Input Method (1.0.15.0. This vulnerability has been fixed in the latest version (1.0.16.0) of Google Pinyin input method. You can get the latest region from http://tools.google.com/pinyin/index.html. Google's response speed is still fast. So what are the security vulnerabilities in Google Pinyin input? This security vulnerability is very similar to the security vulnerability of Microsoft's simplified Chinese Input Method on Windows 2000 (http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/ms00-069.mspx ). The root cause is that the Program (input method) should check whether its UI user interface is currently running on Windows login desktop (Winlogon desktop. If yes, make sure that other application Windows cannot be opened through its UI. Otherwise, an invalid user can obtain the system permissions without logging on. Go to the Google PinYin Input Method 1.0.15.0. Let's take a look at Figure 1. The system has installed the Google PinYin Input Method to lock the machine. The User Interface of Google Pinyin input method appears on the logon interface of Windows Vista. Bytes. Http://p.blog.csdn.net/images/p_blog_csdn_net/chengyun_chu/291059/o_googleIME2.jpg

I hope that you will not repeat the mistakes made by Microsoft and Google in future software development.

 

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