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[Full-Disclosure] Re: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator access
- To: "Michael Scheidell" <scheidell@xxxxxxxxxx>, <mwwilson@xxxxxxxxxxxx>, <bugtraq@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <vulnwatch@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>, <full-disclosure@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx>
- Subject: [Full-Disclosure] Re: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator access
- From: "Chris Norton" <kicktd_list@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- Date: Fri, 17 Sep 2004 15:34:06 -0500
Let me clear up what I ment to say:
The blank administrator account is not all IBM's fault.
If IBM is to add that screen, Which has been there since
XP came out. How many people would set a password?
Talking about the general home user. I would say about 60%
of XP installs on a home computer do not have an administrator
password and the local login administrator/blank has been known
about for some time. The reseting the password message is indeed
not from IBM but in Microsoft XP itself. I just went to change my
administrator password and indeed I got this warning.
--
Chris Norton
UAT Student Software Engineering Network Defense
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