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Microsoft Windows Directory Monitoring Information Disclosure Weakness

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SA24245

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Release Date:

2007-02-23

Last Update:

2007-03-02

Popularity:

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Critical:

Not critical

Impact:

Exposure of sensitive information
Exposure of system information

Where:

Local system

Solution Status:

Unpatched

OS:

Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Datacenter Server
Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional
Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Datacenter Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Enterprise Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Standard Edition
Microsoft Windows Server 2003 Web Edition
Microsoft Windows Vista
Microsoft Windows XP Home Edition
Microsoft Windows XP Professional

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Description:
3APA3A has discovered a weakness in Microsoft Windows, which can be exploited by malicious, local users to gain knowledge of certain information.

The problem is caused due to the "ReadDirectoryChangesW()" API not taking into consideration the permissions of sub-directories when monitoring directories. This can be exploited to e.g. disclose file names in protected sub-directories.

Successful exploitation requires that the protected files are in a sub-directory where the parent directory is accessible by the attacker.

The weakness is confirmed on fully-patched Windows XP SP2 and Windows Server 2003 systems. Microsoft Windows 2000 and Vista are also reported to be affected.

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