CVE-1999-0975

Published Dec 10, 1999

Last updated 16 years ago

Overview

Description: The Windows help system can allow a local user to execute commands as another user by editing a table of contents metafile with a .CNT extension and modifying the topic action to include the commands to be executed when the .hlp file is accessed.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 4.6
Impact score: 6.4
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_95:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "82F7322B-8022-4D0B-ADB3-D0F5B6F20309"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_98:*:gold:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "2D3B703C-79B2-4FA2-9E12-713AB977A880"
          },
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "E53CDA8E-50A8-4509-B070-CCA5604FFB21"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

Overview

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Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Weaknesses

Configurations

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