Delphi Xe2 and Microsoft app certification kit

Question

as object, I'm trying to perform compatibility test for Windows 8: any application compiled with Delphi XE or XE2 fails the test "Windows security best practices test" and in particular the test "Attack surface analyzer" with the following error:

Weak ACL on MyExecutable.exe allows tampering by multiple non-administrator accounts.

File: MyExecutable.exe Writable by: Authenticated Users Rights: FILE_WRITE_ATTRIBUTES, FILE_WRITE_EA, FILE_APPEND_DATA, FILE_WRITE_DATA

I also tried with a simple empty project but I always get the same error, and this allows me to obtain the status of "compatible with windows 8".

Can anyone help me?

These links explain something about it: http://blogs.msdn.com/b/openspecification/archive/2010/04/01/about-the-access-mask-structure.aspx http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/windows/apps/hh750314.aspx#asa

regards Daniele

Answer 1

after further investigation and insights I have determined that the problem isn't the compiler but the acl defined on the executable. You can change the acl after installation through various tools including cacls.exe of microsoft (http://technet.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb490872.aspx)

Eg: cacls.exe MYEXE.EXE / E / G "Everyone: R" only sets the permissions of "Read" and "Read & Execute" to the group "Everyone"

Thanks anyway to everyone.

greetings daniele