Microsoft KB Archive/173817

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Savedump.exe Now Provides More Security to Memory.dmp

Article ID: 173817

Article Last Modified on 3/7/2007



APPLIES TO

  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Advanced Server
  • Microsoft Windows 2000 Professional Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Workstation 4.0 Developer Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Standard Edition
  • Microsoft Windows NT Server 4.0 Enterprise Edition



This article was previously published under Q173817



SYMPTOMS

Savedump.exe creates a Memory.dmp file with the NTFS permissions inherited from the parent directory. In most cases, this includes the Everyone group with Full Control.

RESOLUTION

To provide additional security, Savedump.exe has been altered to assign an access control list (ACL) to Memory.dmp with the following permissions:

Administrators - Full Control
System - Full Control


To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack




STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.



Additional query words: bugcheck dump

Keywords: kbhotfixserver kbqfe kbbug kbfix KB173817