CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-1400
2.1 LOW
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-06-03
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 2.1 LOW — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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.
Affected configurations
• the economist the economist 1999 screen saver
References
- http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0007.html Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0009.html Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92851653600852&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/466 www.securityfocus.com
- http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0007.html Vendor Advisory
- http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0009.html Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92851653600852&w=2 marc.info
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/466 www.securityfocus.com