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Identifying dependencies of an application upon a given security context

US7620995B2 · kind B2 · utility

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Assignee

Microsoft Corporation · US

Inventors

Chad Verbowski · Redmond, US
John Dunagan · Bellevue, US
Shuo Chen · Urbana, US
Yi-Min Wang · Shanghai, CN

Key dates

Filing date	Aug 29, 2005
Grant date	Nov 17, 2009
Priority date	—
Expiry date	Jan 23, 2028

Classification

Technology area (CPC G)Physics
CPC primaryG06F2221/2101
WIPO fieldComputer technology
WIPO sectorElectrical engineering

Abstract

A technique for identifying dependencies of an application upon a given security context includes monitoring security checks generated by the application. The security checks requiring elevated rights are identified and the state of execution of the application corresponding to the identified security checks may be logged. The security checks requiring elevated rights may be identified by monitoring access checks, monitoring privilege checks, checking user/group identifiers against a list of known identifiers associated with elevated rights, or the like.

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