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Re: Fixing the PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE security hole.
On Sun, Sep 28, 2003 at 08:33:59PM -0400, Pierre A. Humblet wrote:
>from a security point of view, giving PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE access is
>equivalent to giving full access.
I understand. I got this point. I comprehend it. Notice how the
ChangeLog entry doesn't say anything like "Make handle privileges more
secure"?
My reluctance to make this explicit before was due to a vague feeling
that using SYNCHRONIZE had problems on Windows 9x. It was not related
to PROCESS_DUP_HANDLE.
I did read your email and I read the MSDN reference that you gave. I
think I'd even read that particular reference before, in fact.
cgf