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A race condition exists in Windows XP Service Control Manager Service Shutdown Mechanism when a service shutdown is not correctly completed in a desired time period. Normal users can access open files which may end up with randomly cached data that could contain restricted data. Microsoft has not announce any plans to backport a patch but has announced that this issue will be addressed in Windows Server 2003.

A race condition exists in Windows XP Service Control Manager Service Shutdown Mechanism when a service shutdown is not correctly completed in a desired time period. Normal users can access open files which may end up with randomly cached data that could contain restricted data. Microsoft has not announce any plans to backport a patch but has announced that this issue will be addressed in Windows Server 2003.