CVE-1999-0382

N/A

Published: September 29, 1999 at 04:00 AM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:48 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorWindows Nt

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 3%

Description

The screen saver in Windows NT does not verify that its security context has been changed properly, allowing attackers to run programs with elevated privileges.

Affected

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Windows Nt · Microsoft

95%

3.5.1 sp1 3.5.1 sp2 3.5.1 sp3 3.5.1 sp4 3.5.1 sp5 4.0 4.0 sp1 4.0 sp2 4.0 sp3 4.0 sp4

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:

Patch and advisory references

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-008

References (1)

Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MS

Source: [email protected]

https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-008

CVSS

7.2HIGH[email protected]

Confidentiality: COMPLETE
Integrity: COMPLETE
Availability: COMPLETE

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

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