CVE-1999-1217

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

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.

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.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 4.6. CVSS Attack Vector: local. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 27 years ago

1997-07-25 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-10-10 01:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Windows NT

References

19970723 NT security - why bother?

19970725 Re: NT security - why bother?

nt-path(526)

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