Re: WINDOWS 2000 SECURITY HOLE

From: Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] (lanwench_at_heybuddy.donotsendme.unsolicitedmail.atyahoo.com)
Date: 01/27/05


Date: Thu, 27 Jan 2005 11:03:52 -0500

IT_OPS wrote:
> I HAVE SEEN VERY BIG SECURITY HOLE IN MY NETWORK.I HAVE SINGLE
> WINDOWS DOMAIN AND DC IS ACTING AS FILE AND PRINT SERVER RUNNING ON
> SP4.ONE NORMAL USER WITHOUT ANY ADMIN RIGHTS FROM XP CAN ACCESS ALL
> THE SHARES AND COMPLTELY ADMINISTER DELETE FILES CAN SEE SECURITY LOG
> I MEAN HE CAN DO EVERYHTING.SAME USER IF HE GOES TO OTHER PC HE CAN
> NOT ACCESS ANYTHING MEANS IT IS NORMAL.AFTER THAT I UPDATE SERVER
> WITH ALL SECURITY PATCHES RELEASED AFTER SP4 AND CLIENT I PUT XP SP2
> BUT STILL THAT USER WITH THAT PROFILE HE IS HAVING ADMIN RIGHTS.
> ONE MORE THING IF I DELETE HIS PROFILE THEN IF HE LOGS ON THEN
> EVERYTHING IS NORMAL.MEANS SOMETHING ON THAT PC WITH HIS PROFILE IF
> OTHERS LOG ON TO THE SAME PC IT IS NORMAL.
> MY MANAGEMET AFTER SEEING THIS WANTS REMOVE COMPLETELY WINDOWS OS
> FROM THE NETWORK.PLEASE CAN ANYBODY HELP ME WHY IT IS HAPPENED.

What groups is this user in?
What permissions does this user have? Profiles don't have permissions -
users (and in AD, computer objects) do.
Please turn off your caps lock - it is hard to read and is considered
"shouting". Also note that this is a group for Windows 2000 - your question
seems to concern WinNT, and XP clients.



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