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Remote control and security issue

Last post 06-05-2009, 5:10 AM by Simo. 0 replies.
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  •  06-05-2009, 5:10 AM 9251

    Remote control and security issue

    Hi,

    I do not know if this is the right forum but I have a strange behavior when starting my MC application from the remote control and I think it is a security issue.

    If I enter the addin from a PC under standard or admin accounts everything works as expected, but if I try to start it via the remote control it crashes. Queries to the database do not succeed and the Media Center asks the user to quit the application.

    I found out that if I try to launch the addin from an unprivileged application, i.e. an exe with manifest file defining it asInvoker, I get the same result.
    Using the Standard User Analyzer I found out that the database creates a mutex objects and needs some privilege to do that (and I still don't know which one it is).

    So, my questions are: what happens when you start the MediaCenter from the green button? Why is the ehshell process less privileged in this case and what can I do to bypass the privilege restrictions?


    Thank you in advance for your help,

    Simo
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