VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0728
A Windows NT user can disable the keyboard or mouse by directly calling the IOCTLs which control them.
HIGH 7.8EPSS 5.82%
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (5.82%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
A Windows NT user can disable the keyboard or mouse by directly calling the IOCTLs which control them.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.8 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:C
- EPSS
- 5.82% probability · 93th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-264
- Affected
- microsoft/windows nt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ236359
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-024
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ236359
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-024
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.