CVE-1999-1431

Severity

46%

Complexity

39%

Confidentiality

106%

ZAK in Appstation mode allows users to bypass the "Run only allowed apps" policy by starting Explorer from Office 97 applications (such as Word), installing software into the TEMP directory, and changing the name to that for an allowed application, such as Winword.exe.

ZAK in Appstation mode allows users to bypass the "Run only allowed apps" policy by starting Explorer from Office 97 applications (such as Word), installing software into the TEMP directory, and changing the name to that for an allowed application, such as Winword.exe.

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 20 years ago

2005-01-07 05:00:00

Last updated 8 years ago

2016-10-18 02:04:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Zero Administration Kit 1.0

1.0

References

19990107 WinNT, ZAK and Office 97

19990109 WinNT, ZAK and Office 97

181

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