Savedump.exe Now Provides More Security to Memory.dmp

ID: Q173817

The information in this article applies to:

SYMPTOMS

Savedump.exe creates a Memory.dmp file with the NTFS permissions inherited from the parent directory. In most cases, this includes the Everyone group with Full Control.


RESOLUTION

To provide additional security, Savedump.exe has been altered to assign an access control list (ACL) to Memory.dmp with the following permissions:

Administrators - Full Control
System - Full Control


To resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows NT 4.0 or Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q152734 How to Obtain the Latest Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack


STATUS

Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition. This problem was first corrected in Windows NT 4.0 Service Pack 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0, Terminal Server Edition Service Pack 4.

Additional query words: bugcheck dump 


Keywords          : NT4SP4Fix ntsecurity kbbug4.00 kbfix4.00.sp4 
Version           : WinNT:4.0
Platform          : winnt 
Issue type        : kbbug

Last Reviewed: April 10, 1999