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Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS00-004)
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Patch Available for "RDISK Registry Enumeration File" Vulnerability
Originally Posted: January 21, 2000
Summary
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Microsoft has released a patch that eliminates a security vulnerability in
an administrative utility that ships with Microsoft(r) Windows NT(r) 4.0,
Terminal Server Edition. The utility creates a temporary file during
execution that can contain security-sensitive information, but does not
appropriately restrict access to it. As a result, a malicious user on the
terminal server could read the file as it was being created.
Frequently asked questions regarding this vulnerability can be found at
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS00-004faq.asp.
Issue
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The RDISK utility is used to create an Emergency Repair Disk (ERD) in order
to record machine state information as a contingency against system
failure. During execution, RDISK creates a temporary file containing an
enumeration of the registry. The ACLs on the file allow global read
permission, and as a result, a malicious user who knew that the
administrator was running RDISK could open the file and read the registry
enumeration information as it was being created. RDISK erases the file upon
successful completion, so under normal conditions there would be no lasting
vulnerability.
By default, the file is not shared and therefore could not be read by other
network users. Although the utility is provided as part of all versions of
Windows NT 4.0, it only poses a threat in the case of terminal servers,
because the exploit scenario requires the ability for an administrator and
a normal user to be interactively logged onto the machine simultaneously.
Affected Software Versions
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- Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
Patch Availability
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- http://www.microsoft.com/Downloads/Release.asp?ReleaseID=17384
NOTE: Additional security patches are available at the Microsoft Download
Center
More Information
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Please see the following references for more information related to this
issue.
- Frequently Asked Questions: Microsoft Security Bulletin MS00-004,
http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS00-004faq.asp.
- Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article Q249108,
Registry Data Is Viewable By All Users During Rdisk Repair Update,
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q249/1/08.asp.
(Note: It may take 24 hours from the original posting of this
bulletin for this KB article to be visible.)
- Microsoft Knowledge Base (KB) article Q156328,
Description of Windows NT Emergency Repair Disk,
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q156/3/28.asp.
- Microsoft Security Advisor web site,
http://www.microsoft.com/security/default.asp.
Obtaining Support on this Issue
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This is a fully supported patch. Information on contacting Microsoft
Technical Support is available at
http://support.microsoft.com/support/contact/default.asp.
Acknowledgments
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Microsoft thanks Arne Vidstrom (http://ntsecurity.nu) for reporting this
issue to us and working with us to protect customers.
Revisions
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- January 21, 2000: Bulletin Created.
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