From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 8 Software Development Security

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Driver manipulation

Driver manipulation

From the course: CISSP Cert Prep (2021): 8 Software Development Security

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Driver manipulation

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- [Instructor] Sophisticated attackers may reach down into device drivers and manipulate them in ways that undermine security. Let's talk about driver factoring and driver shimming. Device drivers play an important role in computing. They serve as the software interface between hardware devices and the operating system. Device drivers are the reason that you can use almost any printer from a wide variety of manufacturers with Windows or any other operating system. Microsoft doesn't need to design Windows to work with every individual printer on the market. Instead, they provide printer manufacturers with the ability to write Windows drivers for their printers. When a manufacturer builds a new printer, they also design a driver that provides Windows with instructions on how to interact with that printer. Device drivers require low level access to the operating system and they run with administrative privileges. If an…

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