CVE-1999-1400

Published Jun 3, 1999

Last updated 8 years ago

Overview

Description: The Economist screen saver 1999 with the "Password Protected" option enabled allows users with physical access to the machine to bypass the screen saver and read files by running Internet Explorer while the screen is still locked.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Modified

Hype score: Not currently trending

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 2.1
Impact score: 2.9
Exploitability score: 3.9
Vector string: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: NVD-CWE-Other

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:the_economist:the_economist_1999_screen_saver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "AAF2C673-257E-4BC1-B936-51F75C3F1BCC"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References