full-disclosure - Miscrosoft Registry Editor 5.1/XP/2K long string key vulnerability

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Date: Wed Aug 24 19:17:20 2005
From: trik-news at gmx.de (Spiro Trikaliotis)
Subject: Miscrosoft Registry Editor 5.1/XP/2K long
	string key vulnerability

Hello,

* On Wed, Aug 24, 2005 at 11:01:11AM +0400 Igor Franchuk wrote:
 
> DESCRIPTION
> 
> Microsoft Registry Editor for 2K and XP (Regedt32.exe) has a nice design flow
> that is naturally allows to hide registry information from viewing and
> editing even from users with administrative access. (really handful, thanks guys)

this somehow reminds me of

  http://www.sysinternals.com/Information/TipsAndTrivia.html#HiddenKeys

Of course, I am well aware that these both are different.

Anyway, I'm not sure if the one or the other can be called a "security
bug".

Best regards,
   Spiro.