CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1454

4.6 MEDIUM Published 1999-10-04 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-10-04
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

Macromedia "The Matrix" screen saver on Windows 95 with the "Password protected" option enabled allows attackers with physical access to the machine to bypass the password prompt by pressing the ESC (Escape) key.

Affected configurations

• macromedia matrix screen saver

Related

Referenced by CWE · observed example (1)

  • CWE-288 Authentication Bypass Using an Alternate Path or Channel weakness

References