Microsoft Windows 2000 provides read and write access to the system partition under default installs. Malicious local users may delete sensitive system files, despite file level permission restrictions. Newly created files with the same name may then contain trojaned content, possibly leading to elevated privileges through predictable system processes which rely on these files.
Microsoft Windows 2000 provides read and write access to the system partition under default installs. Malicious local users may delete sensitive system files, despite file level permission restrictions. Newly created files with the same name may then contain trojaned content, possibly leading to elevated privileges through predictable system processes which rely on these files.