Article ID: 266794 - Last Review: January 27, 2007 - Revision: 6.2 Windows 2000 SNMP Registry Entries Are Saved in Plain Text Format and Are ReadableThis article was previously published under Q266794 For additional information about how to resolve this problem in Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, click the article number below to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base: 265714
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/265714/EN-US/
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Windows NT 4.0 SNMP Registry Entries Are Saved in Plain Text Format and Are Readable
SYMPTOMS
Microsoft has released an update that corrects the permissions on the SNMP Parameters registry values in Microsoft 2000. The default permissions could allow a malicious user to gain additional privileges on an affected computer. When you create the PermittedManagers and ValidCommunities registry keys for the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP) service, any user has permission to read the contents of the keys because they are saved in plain text format. For additional information about this vulnerability, visit the following Microsoft Web site: http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-096.mspx
(http://www.microsoft.com/technet/security/bulletin/MS00-096.mspx)
RESOLUTIONTo resolve this problem, obtain the latest service pack for Windows 2000. For additional information, click the following article number to view the article in the
Microsoft Knowledge Base:
260910
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/260910/EN-US/
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How to Obtain the Latest Windows 2000 Service Pack
The following files are available for download from the Microsoft
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(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/119591/EN-US/
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How to Obtain Microsoft Support Files from Online Services
Microsoft scanned this file for viruses. Microsoft used the most current virus-detection software that was available on the date that the file was posted. The file is stored on security-enhanced servers that help to prevent any unauthorized changes to the file.
The English-language version of this fix should have the following file attributes or later:
Date Time Version Size File name -------------------------------------------------------- 06/28/2000 04:45a 5.0.2195.2097 77,584 Netoc.dll 06/28/2000 04:45a 1.0.0.1 214,288 Snmpsnap.dll STATUSMicrosoft has confirmed that this is a problem in Microsoft Windows 2000. This problem was first corrected in Windows 2000 Service Pack 2. MORE INFORMATION
The registry entries are located under the following SNMP registry key:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE/SYSTEM/CurrentControlSet/Services/SNMP/Parameters
For additional information about how to install Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 hotfixes at the same time, click the article number below
to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
249149
(http://support.microsoft.com/kb/249149/EN-US/
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Installing Microsoft Windows 2000 and Windows 2000 Hotfixes
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