[Full-Disclosure] Re: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator access

From: Shawn McMahon (smcmahon_at_eiv.com)
Date: 09/18/04

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    To: "Michael Wilson, Contractor" <mwwilson@navo.hpc.mil>
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:07:17 -0400

    On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 03:08:34PM -0500, Michael Wilson, Contractor said:
    >
    > It is most likely the Vendor Install Customization that has caused this
    > issue, as true enough, most vendor installs force you to pick an
    > administrator password before using the system. If the account is hidden,
    > then it is definitely IBM's doing as I have never seen a Windows install
    > where the administrator account could not be seen under the accounts tab.

    Averatec laptop installs of XP Home have it hidden; you have to boot in
    Safe Mode to add a password.

    The documentation that specifies this is a Microsoft product, so I
    suspect it's the same with other installs of Home, but I have only left
    the packaged install of XP Home on one machine ever, so I am not at all
    sure of this. 

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