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Replication. Security Advisory (983438): Vulnerability in Microsoft SharePoint Could Allow Elevation of Privilege. Published: April 29, 2010 | Updated: June 08, 2010 Version: 2.0 Microsoft has completed the investigation into a public report of this vulnerability. We have issued MS10-039 to address this issue. For more information about this issue, including download links for an available security update, please review MS10-039. The vulnerability addressed is the Help.aspx XSS Vulnerability - CVE-2010-0817. Resources: You can provide feedback by completing the form by visiting the following Web site.

Disclaimer: The information provided in this advisory is provided "as is" without warranty of any kind. Revisions: Locking Down SharePoint Designer: Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog. Hello all, Stephen here again – I’m a writer for SharePoint Designer.

Locking Down SharePoint Designer: Microsoft SharePoint Designer Team Blog

As you know, SharePoint Designer 2007 is a powerful tool for editing SharePoint sites — so powerful, in fact, that you likely have scenarios in your organization where you want to control where and how people can use SharePoint Designer 2007. With this post, I’ll try to answer a very common question: “How can I lock down SharePoint Designer in my organization?” And I’ll try to answer the flip side of this question, which arises in an environment where SharePoint Designer has been locked down and the user asks: “Why do I see this message when I attempt to edit a site in SharePoint Designer?” Options for locking down SharePoint Designer The following table outlines the various ways in which you can lock down SharePoint Designer in your organization. For a visual overview of the various levels, see MSDN: Server and Site Architecture: Object Model Overview. Permissions overview Option 2 — Disable the Manage Lists permission. About rights and the default site groups - Windows SharePoint Services - Microsoft Office Online.

This topic explains the rights and site groups you can assign to users by using commands in Stsadm.exe and by using SharePoint Central Administration.

About rights and the default site groups - Windows SharePoint Services - Microsoft Office Online

Each user right or site group is listed by the name that appears in SharePoint Central Administration. The name used to identify a site group for the Stsadm.exe command-line tool is listed in a table. For each site group, the default rights included in that site group are listed. For each right, any rights dependent on the right are listed, as well as any default site groups that include the right. Default site groups Microsoft Windows SharePoint Services includes five site groups by default. Guest The Guest site group is used to give guest users access to a specific list, without giving them access to the entire site. Reader The Reader site group allows a user to view items in lists and document libraries, view pages in the site, and create sites if the site creation feature is enabled. Contributor Web Designer Administrator User rights. Windows SharePoint Services Security Resource Center.

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