Unvalidated privilege cap
US8856938B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Jul 30, 2008 |
| Grant date | Oct 7, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Apr 4, 2031 |
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- Technology area (CPC G)Physics
- CPC primaryG06F21/57
- WIPO fieldComputer technology
- WIPO sectorElectrical engineering
Abstract
A method for securely accessing an executable file object includes a step in which a request from the target process to access the executable file object is received by an operating system component, and the object is examined for validity before access is allowed. For objects that cannot be validated, the process is run with privileges bounded by the privilege cap, if the privilege cap permits execution of the object.
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