MS99 -005 Security Bulletin -- BackOffice Server 4.0 Does Not Delete Installation Setup File

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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution

                 ESB-1999.021 -- MS99-005 Security Bulletin
        BackOffice Server 4.0 Does Not Delete Installation Setup File
                              16 February 1999

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a vulnerability in the BackOffice Server 4.0 installation.
A potential vulnerability in the installer exists when the user is
asked to provide an account userid and password for selected
services.  The installer writes these to a file in order to automate
the installation process but the file is not deleted when the
installation process completes:

       http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/ms99-005.asp

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Microsoft Corporation directly.

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