CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1217

4.6 MEDIUM Published 1997-07-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1997-07-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft windows nt

References