Re: Database servers on XP and the curious flaw

[Eliah Kagan <degeneracypressure () gmail com>]

David Litchfield wrote:
> Hey all,
> I've just put up a paper on a curious flaw that appears when running a
> database server on Windows XP with Simple File Sharing enabled. The flaw
> essentially allows a remote attacker to gain access to the database,
> sometimes with DBA privileges, without knowledge of a valid password. To be
> honest, no-one is really to blame; it's just one of those cases where you
> take two disparate mechanisms, shake them up, add a dash of lime and serve
> up. The paper can be found here
> http://www.databasesecurity.com/dbsec-papers.htm and is entitled "Database
> Servers on Windows XP and the Unintended Consequences of Simple File
> Sharing". It doubles-up as my entry for the "Longest Title" award.
> Cheers,
> David Litchfield
> http://www.databasesecurity.com/
> http://www.ngssoftware.com/

My intent is not to MS-bash here, but perhaps Microsoft is to blame
for not educating people about this issue. (If they had, your paper
would be superfluous.)

Usually if millions of users are insecure because they don't know
something, someone is to blame.

-Eliah
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