Microsoft KB Archive/323405

= FIX: SAK Server Managers May Be Able to Gain Administrators Group Access =

Article ID: 323405

Article Last Modified on 10/19/2005

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Server Appliance Kit 2.0

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This article was previously published under Q323405



SYMPTOMS
Members of the Server Managers group can run programs with elevated privileges. Therefore, members of the Server Managers group must be treated as members of the Administrators group.



CAUSE
There are two known ways that Server Managers can run programs under the System account:
 * Create an Active Server Pages (ASP) page that sets the Web site to run in low protection, and then restart the Web site. Code that is placed in the Session_OnEnd method or the Application_OnEnd method runs under the System account.
 * Create an ASP page that sets the Web site to run in low protection, and then restart the Web site. Then, create a Component Object Model (COM) object that calls the RevertToSelf function.



RESOLUTION
A supported hotfix is now available from Microsoft, but it is only intended to correct the problem that this article describes. Apply it only to systems that are experiencing this specific problem.

To resolve this problem, contact Microsoft Product Support Services to obtain the hotfix. For a complete list of Microsoft Product Support Services telephone numbers and information about support costs, visit the following Microsoft Web site:

http://support.microsoft.com/contactus/?ws=support

Note In special cases, charges that are ordinarily incurred for support calls may be canceled if a Microsoft Support Professional determines that a specific update will resolve your problem. The usual support costs will apply to additional support questions and issues that do not qualify for the specific update in question.

The English version of this fix has the file attributes (or later) that are listed in the following table. The dates and times for these files are listed in coordinated universal time (UTC). When you view the file information, it is converted to local time. To find the difference between UTC and local time, use the Time Zone tab in the Date and Time tool in Control Panel.

  Date         Time   Version   Size     File name     Platform -  Aug-05-2002  6:22pm           920,983  Q323405.CAB   x86



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a bug in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



MORE INFORMATION
This Quick Fix Engineering (QFE) hotfix modifies the documentation on the Server Managers group. The documentation states that members of the Server Managers group must be treated as members of the Administrators group.

