Patch Available for "Remote Agent Permissions" Vulnerability

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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
                             
           ESB-2000.033 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS00-012)
        Patch Available for "Remote Agent Permissions" Vulnerability
                              25 February 2000

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a security vulnerability in an installation routine
associated with Microsoft Systems Management Server (SMS).

If the SMS 2.0 Remote Control feature has been installed and enabled
on a machine, the folder in which the remote agent resides has default 
permissions set as 'Everyone Full Control'.

A malicious user replace the client code with code of their own
and this replacement code would run automatically in a 'system'
context the next time the machine was rebooted and a user logged
on.

Microsoft has released a pacth to address this vulnerability:

       http://www.microsoft.com/technet/Security/Bulletin/ms00-012.asp

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and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact 
Microsoft Corporation directly.

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