An attacker seeks to view the contents of a specific Microsoft Word document file to which
they do not have any kind of access.
You may assume that:
• no exploitable vulnerabilities of any kind exist;
• the attacker has a non-privileged account on the system;
• basic system access controls do not currently permit the attacker to access the file and
• the attacker cannot directly change these controls; and
• the attacker cannot physically tamper with the system in any way.
Discuss the core security mechanisms Windows implements to prevent the attacker achieving
that goal.
In completing this task, you must use an approach based on the architectural divisions
discussed during lectures to organize your answer. You may find that the information
discussed in lectures and contained in the textbook substantially assist you to frame your
answer. However, you may wish to do some additional research. You should include a
complete reference list of any additional sources that you have used.