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No, it accesses data with the users privilege.

• gpm 1y ago
  Are you telling me I, a normal unprivileged user, have a way to read files on windows that bypasses audit logs?
  • swiftcoder 1y ago
    If someone (Copilot, in this case) has built a search index that covers all the files on your computer, and left it accessible to your user account... yes
  • lokar 1y ago
    I'm guessing they are making an implicit distinction between access as the user, vs with the privs of the user. In the second case, the process has permission to do whatever it wants, it elects to restrain itself. Which is obviously subject to many more bugs then the first approach.
  • Spooky23 1y ago
    If there is a product defect? Sure. The dude found the bug, reported the bug, they fixed the bug. This isn’t uncommon, there bugs like this frequently in complex software.
    • gpm 1y ago
      I think you just defined away the entire category of vulnerability known as "privilege escalation".
      • p_ing 1y ago
        This isn’t an example of escalation. Copilot is using the user’s token similar to any other OAuth app that needs to act on behalf of the user.
        • lokar 1y ago
          If that is true, then how did it not get logged? The audit should not be under the control of the program making the access.
          • p_ing 1y ago
            You're conflating two issues. The Purview search used to get the bad result wasn't clear, so unsure what system is doing the logging.