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Q229867: Word 97: Security Breach with Word Temp Files, NTFS Permissions

Article: Q229867
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 08-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SYMPTOMS
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Temp files created by Word on an NTFS partition during large Copy and Paste
operations do not inherit security attributes from the associated document.

CAUSE
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Word does not copy the NTFS file permissions of a document file to the .tmp file
that is created when large blocks of text are copied from the document. The temp
file inherits security from the permissions set on the current directory rather
than the original document file. The .tmp file, which may contain readable text
from the original file, can easily be opened and read by anyone.

RESOLUTION
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To resolve the problem described in this article, obtain and install the latest
Microsoft Word 97 update from the following Microsoft Web site:

  http://office.microsoft.com/downloads/9798/Wd97mcrs.aspx

IMPORTANT NOTE: Microsoft Word 97 post-service release fixes are cumulative. The
latest update contains all of the fixes since Service Release 2. If you install
the latest update for Word 97, you do not need to install any other updates
after Service Release 2.

For additional information about the fixes included in the latest update for Word
97, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft
Knowledge Base:

  Q265374 WD97: Post Service Release Fixes for Word 97




STATUS
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Microsoft has confirmed this to be a problem in the Microsoft products that are
listed at the beginning of this article.

Additional query words:

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Hardware          : x86
Issue type        : kbbug
Solution Type     : kbfix

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