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- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 15:20:55 -0500
- From: Brett Robins <brett@BALISOFT.COM>
- To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
- Subject: Time/Date bug in Windows' OSes
-
- Although not a security bug, this certainly is a potentially large
- bug in my eyes. You can accidentally change the systems date/time by using
- the calendar function from the systray or Control Panel. This bug can be
- successfully reproduced on all MS OS platforms.This includes win95,win98, NT
- 4.0 SP3, and SP4 (both workstation and server).
- I reproduced the error by opening a DOS box, typing Date (to confirm the
- days date). Then opened the Date/Time Properties Dialog Applet. Pull down
- the Month drop down window. Select the next month, (in this case april). DO
- NOT hit apply. Go back to the DOS box and type date.....hmmm, skipped ahead
- a month!@#$ Hitting Cancel on the Date/Time Properties Dialog Applet will
- restore your machines date back to the original.
- How did I find out such a dumb ass bug that has been around for 5
- years? I needed to find out what day of the week 3 months from a date was. I
- happened to be in our server room that does not include a calendar, but
- happened to be logged into our corporate PDC. Well the shit hit the fan.
- Since i advanced the date 3 months, (then hit cancel), it expired every user
- account that logged in during this time of advancing the date and hitting
- cancel.This included anyone that accessed a network resource that required a
- login, (ie printing). That wiped out about half of our users. Then as well
- we renew our Shiva firewall certs every 3 months. That blew away a few more
- users. Everything was upside down here for a while. Good old M$ couldnt even
- help me; they wanted me to replace the Motherboard--lazy asses. As it turned
- out, i had to invesigate and discover a bug that has been around for years
- on my own. Now i could not find a damn thing about it; my apologies it has
- already been discovered
-
- Regards,
-
-
- Brett Robins
-
-
-
- Brett Robins
- MIS Network Engineer
- Servicesoft Technologies Inc.
- 970 Lawrence Ave. W. Suite 505
- Toronto, Ontario, Canada.
- M6A 3B6
-
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- Date: Tue, 23 Mar 1999 13:46:07 -0800
- From: Paul Donnelly <pauldon@MICROSOFT.COM>
- To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
- Subject: Re: Time/Date bug in Windows' OSes
-
- Brett, if it's any consolation at all this behavior has changed for Windows
- 2000. You will have to hit OK or Apply until the change takes effect.
-
- Paul
-
-
- -----Original Message-----
- >From: Brett Robins [mailto:brett@BALISOFT.COM]
- Sent: Tuesday, March 23, 1999 12:21 PM
- To: NTBUGTRAQ@LISTSERV.NTBUGTRAQ.COM
- Subject: Time/Date bug in Windows' OSes
-
- <snip>
-
- I reproduced the error by opening a DOS box, typing Date (to confirm the
- days date). Then opened the Date/Time Properties Dialog Applet. Pull down
- the Month drop down window. Select the next month, (in this case april). DO
- NOT hit apply. Go back to the DOS box and type date.....hmmm, skipped ahead
- a month!@#$ Hitting Cancel on the Date/Time Properties Dialog Applet will
- restore your machines date back to the original.
-
- <snip>
-
-