The Overlooked Attack Surface: Diving into Windows Client Components for RCE Vulnerabilities
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Black Hat USA 2024 · Day 1 · Briefing
This talk, presented by researchers from the University of Chinese Academy of Sciences, sheds light on a frequently overlooked yet critical attack surface within the Windows ecosystem: **privileged client-side components**. While traditional security research and audits have predominantly focused on server-side vulnerabilities, especially in high-privilege services, this presentation argues that significant weaknesses persist in client components that interact with remote systems. The speakers introduce a novel perspective, urging the security community to explore these "unconventional attack surfaces" which they term a "blue ocean" for vulnerability discovery.