Security Update
The table below shows security patches issued between Jan. 21 and Feb. 18, 2000. Bulletins that describe these patches are at www.microsoft.com/technet/security/current.asp.
| Threat | Systems Affected | Cause | Bulletin |
| A malicious user can create, modify, or delete files in another users Recycle Bin on a shared machine. | NT 4.0 Workstation
NT 4.0 Server NT 4.0 Server Enterprise Edition |
A Recycle Bin (a folder) is created the first time a user deletes a file. If a malicious user can create this folder first, he/she controls permissions on the folder. | Ms00-007 |
| A malicious Web site operator could view files on the computer of a visiting user if he/she knows the name and location of the file and the file is viewable in a browser. | Internet Explorer 4.0 and 4.01.
Internet Explorer 5 and 5.01. |
The code that allows a Web site to do a redirect to a new Web page (this includes a redirect to a folder on a users local hard disk) allows a brief time-period |
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