Article ID: 246660
Article Last Modified on 5/1/2001
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Open Database Connectivity Driver for Visual FoxPro 5.0
This article was previously published under Q246660
SYMPTOMS
Some Visual FoxPro commands and functions are no longer available in the Visual FoxPro ODBC driver version 6.0.8428 that ships with MDAC version 2.10.
CAUSE
Microsoft has become aware of a potential security issue involving earlier versions of the Microsoft Visual FoxPro ODBC driver. Earlier Visual FoxPro ODBC drivers allowed the execution of certain commands and functions that, if used maliciously, could remove or damage files. Therefore, the driver no longer supports these commands or functions.
STATUS
This behavior is by design.
MORE INFORMATION
The Visual FoxPro ODBC driver no longer supports the following commands:
COPY MEMO
DELETE FILE
COPY TO
The Visual FoxPro ODBC driver no longer supports the following functions:
FCREATE()
FWRITE()
FCHSIZE()
FPUTS()
STRTOFILE()
FCLOSE()
FOPEN()
FREAD()
FSEEK()
FEOF()
FFLUSH()
FGETS()
REFERENCES
For additional information other security issues involving ODBC drivers , click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
238445 OFF97: Office 97 ODBC Driver Vulnerability Security Update
Additional query words: KBDSE
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