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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-0886

The security descriptor for RASMAN allows users to point to an alternate location via the Windows NT Service Control Manager.

EXPLOIT ✓HIGH 9.0EPSS 21.6%

Does this matter?

EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 21.6%, higher than 98% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.

Description

The security descriptor for RASMAN allows users to point to an alternate location via the Windows NT Service Control Manager.

CVSS 2.0
9.0 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:S/C:C/I:C/A:C
EPSS
21.57% probability · 98th percentile
Public exploits
1 in Exploit-DB · verified · first 17 September 1999
CISA KEV
Not listed
Weakness
CWE-16
Affected
microsoft/windows nt
Source
cve@mitre.org
EPSS trend
0%13%25%26 October 2026: 21.57%26 October 202626 October 2026

EPSS 21.6% since 26 October 2026; no change recorded yet. The dashed line is the ten per cent mark our analysts treat as “patch before the next change window”. Points are recorded when the score first appears and whenever it moves by a percentage point or more.

Public exploits (1)

Entries in Exploit-DB that cite this CVE. Links go to the Exploit-DB page and to the file in the public repository; nothing is hosted here. A verified tick means the Exploit-DB team confirmed the exploit works against the stated version.

EDB-IDTitleTypePublishedVerified
EDB-19502source ↗Microsoft Windows NT 4.0/SP1/SP2/SP3/SP4/SP5 - RASMAN Privilege Escalationwindows · Alberto Rodríguez Aragonéslocal17 September 1999yes

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA, exploits from Exploit-DB. Refreshed daily. Download this record as JSON.