[issue5802] The security descriptors of python binaries in Windows are not strict enough

2010-03-02 Thread Hong Chen
Hong Chen cn.hongc...@gmail.com added the comment: Sure. Thank you for the information! Hong On Tue, Mar 2, 2010 at 4:26 AM, R. David Murray rep...@bugs.python.org wrote: R. David Murray rdmur...@bitdance.com added the comment: See also issue 1284316, which is still open, and should

[issue5802] The security descriptors of python binaries in Windows are not strict enough

2010-02-28 Thread Hong Chen
Hong Chen cn.hongc...@gmail.com added the comment: Sorry for the delay, it's been a busy month. I just tried python 3.1 If installed under c:\program files, the access control list would be correct, only system administrator accounts get the modify privilege. The default installation is to c

[issue5802] The security descriptors of python binaries in Windows are not strict enough

2010-02-07 Thread Hong Chen
Hong Chen cn.hongc...@gmail.com added the comment: Thanks for the reply. I can log in as a non-admin user and replace python.exe with another binary. Does that serve as an attack example? Hong On Sun, Feb 7, 2010 at 7:14 PM, Brian Curtin rep...@bugs.python.org wrote: Changes by Brian

[issue5802] The security descriptors of python binaries in Windows are not strict enough

2009-04-20 Thread Hong Chen
New submission from Hong Chen cn.hongc...@gmail.com: The security descriptors of python binaries (like python.exe, pythonw.exe, etc) allow any Authenticated Users to modify these binaries. This may cause a privilege-escalation problem since administrators may use python binaries when performing