full-disclosure - RE: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator access

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From: scheidell at secnap.net (Michael Scheidell)
Subject: RE: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden Administrator account allows local Administrator access

during the installation of retail xp pro, you are advised strongly to add a password to the administrator account.

do the research fully, or believe that we already did it.

get a copy of retail xp pro and do a clean install, photograph the screens and prove me wrong.



-----Original Message-----
From: Chris Norton [mailto:kicktd_list@...mail.com]
Sent: Friday, September 17, 2004 4:34 PM
To: Michael Scheidell; mwwilson@...o.hpc.mil; bugtraq@...urityfocus.com;
vulnwatch@...nwatch.org; full-disclosure@...ts.netsys.com
Subject: Re: Vulnerability in IBM Windows XP: default hidden
Administrator account allows local Administrator access


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