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Attackers Can Use Windows Vistas StickyKeys to Open Backdoor
Friday, March 23rd, 2007
A Windows feature designed to simplify computing for disabled users could be misused in Vista, a 
McAfee Inc. researcher reported Monday. Attackers could use this feature, called StickyKeys, to trick a user into launching unauthorized software on the Vista machine, according to Vinoo Thomas, a McAfee researcher who blogged about the issue on Monday. StickyKeys is launched when a Windows user hits a modifier key like Shift or Alt five times. This makes the modifier key "sticky" so commands like Shift-F1 can be launched without having to hit two keys simultaneously.
An attacker could replace the sethc.exe file used to launch StickyKeys with some other executable, like the Windows command utility, Thomas wrote. Attackers Can Use Windows Vista’s StickyKeys to Open Backdoor - Security Feed - News - CSO Magazine
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