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[Full-Disclosure] Re: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Ad

from [Shawn McMahon] Network Security [Permanent Link]
Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator access
Date: Sat, 18 Sep 2004 10:07:17 -0400 
On Fri, Sep 17, 2004 at 03:08:34PM -0500, Michael Wilson, Contractor said:


It is most likely the Vendor Install Customization that has caused this
issue, as true enough, most vendor installs force you to pick an
administrator password before using the system.  If the account is hidden,
then it is definitely IBM's doing as I have never seen a Windows install
where the administrator account could not be seen under the accounts tab.


Averatec laptop installs of XP Home have it hidden; you have to boot in
Safe Mode to add a password.

The documentation that specifies this is a Microsoft product, so I
suspect it's the same with other installs of Home, but I have only left
the packaged install of XP Home on one machine ever, so I am not at all
sure of this.


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