Word 97: Security Breach with Word Temp Files and NTFS Permissions (229867)
The information in this article applies to:
- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows
This article was previously published under Q229867 SYMPTOMS
Temp files created by Word on an NTFS partition during large Copy and Paste operations do not inherit security attributes from the associated document.
CAUSE
Word does not copy the NTFS file permissions of a document file to the .tmp file that is created when large blocks of text are copied from the document. The temp file inherits security from the permissions set on the current directory rather than the original document file. The .tmp file, which may contain readable text from the original file, can easily be opened and read by anyone.
RESOLUTION
To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain
and install the latest Microsoft Word 97 update from
the following Microsoft Web site:
IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service
release fixes are cumulative. The latest update contains
all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install
the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install
any other updates after Service Release 2. For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word 97, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97
STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 10/7/2005 |
|---|
| Keywords: | kbHotfixServer kbQFE kbdownload kbbug kbfix kbQFE KB229867 |
|---|
|