RE: Insecure Default Service DACL's in Windows 2003

From: Kurt Dillard (kurtdill_at_microsoft.com)
Date: 10/12/04

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    Date: Tue, 12 Oct 2004 14:42:09 -0700
    To: "Ziots, Edward" <EZiots@Lifespan.org>, <bugtraq@securityfocus.com>
    
    

    Are you sure? I'm looking at the SDDL for the SharedAccess service, and
    this is what I see:

    D:(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;SY)(A;;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRSDRCWDWO;;;BA)(A;;CC
    LCSWLOCRRC;;;AU)(A;;CCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRRC;;;PU)S:(AU;FA;CCDCLCSWRPWPDTLOCRS
    DRCWDWO;;;WD)

    Unless my understanding of SDDL is way off, that translates to Full
    Control for built-in Administrators & System, Read for Authenticated
    Users, and somewhere in between those two extremes for Power Users.
    Perhaps you are confusing the SACL with the DACL? The SACL is the last
    chunk that starts with "S:(" and it is Full Control for Everyone on
    failures, which means that any failed access events will generate an
    audit event.

    Regards,

    Kurt Dillard,
    Program Manager, Microsoft Solutions for Security
    kurtdill@microsoft.com

    Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP)
    Information Systems Security Architect Professional (ISSAP)
    Certified Information Security Manager (CISM)
    MCSE: Security on Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows Server 2003, MCSA,
    Security+

    -----Original Message-----
    From: Ziots, Edward [mailto:EZiots@Lifespan.org]
    Sent: Monday, October 11, 2004 5:06 PM
    To: 'bugtraq@securityfocus.com'
    Subject: Insecure Default Service DACL's in Windows 2003

    To the list,

    In my documentation of the Default DACL on Windows 2003 Services, I have
    found and confirmed the following:

    Both the Distributed Link tracking Server Service and Internet
    Connection Firewall Service have the Default DACL of Everyone:Full
    Control, which basically lets anyone connect to the SCM and start and
    stop these services at will, which in the case of the Internet
    Connection Firewall Service could cause many headaches for your service
    based systems.

    I guess Microsoft's forgot to didn't care to properly set the DACL's on
    these services to properly secure them against inproper modification.

    For those that use WIn2k3 now on your systems, best way to remove this
    issue is to utilize a Custom Security template and recofigure the DACL
    and add a SACL of Everyone ( All Settings Failure) and Start, Stop,
    Pause ( Success) if you want to check if someone other than the System
    account is accessing these services.

    HTH,
    EZ

    Edward Ziots
    Windows NT/Citrix Administrator
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