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              AUSCERT External Security Bulletin Redistribution
                             
           ESB-2000.010 -- Microsoft Security Bulletin (MS00-003)
        Patch Available for "Spoofed LPC Port Request" Vulnerability
                               14 January 2000

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Microsoft Corporation has released the following security bulletin
concerning a vulnerability in the LPC Ports API in Windows NT 4.0.

A malicious local user with keyboard access to a machine may exploit this 
vulnerability by impersonating another user of the system (including the 
"system" user) which may allow them to gain administrator privileges.

Microsoft has issued a patch which corrects this vulnerability:

       http://www.microsoft.com/security/bulletins/MS00-003.asp


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This security bulletin is provided as a service to AusCERT's members.
As AusCERT did not write the document referenced above, AusCERT has
had no control over its content.  The decision to use any or all
of this information is the responsibility of each user or organisation,
and should be done so in accordance with site policies and procedures.

If you have any questions or need further information, please contact 
Microsoft Corporation directly.

Previous advisories and external security bulletins can be retrieved from:

	http://www.auscert.org.au/Information/advisories.html

If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact AusCERT or
your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security
Teams).

Internet Email: auscert@auscert.org.au
Facsimile:	(07) 3365 7031
Telephone:	(07) 3365 4417 (International: +61 7 3365 4417)
		AusCERT personnel answer during Queensland business hours
		which are GMT+10:00 (AEST).
		On call after hours for emergencies.


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