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CVE-1999-1217

Published

26 years ago

Last Modified

6 years ago

CVSSv2.0 Severity

Medium

Impact Analysis

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The PATH in Windows NT includes the current working directory (.), which could allow local users to gain privileges by placing Trojan horse programs with the same name as commonly used system programs into certain directories..

CVSSv2.0 Score

Severity: Medium
Base Score: 4.6/10
Exploit Score: 3.9/10
Access Vector: Local
Access Complexity: Low
Authentication Required: None
Impact Score: 6.4/10
Confidentiality Impact: Partial
Availability Impact: Partial
Integrity Impact: Partial

Products Affected

CPE	Affected	Vulnerable	Excluding	Edit
cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt::::::::	Yes	-	-

References

http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=87602726319426&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=87602726319435&w=2
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/526