VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0975
The Windows help system can allow a local user to execute commands as another user by editing a table of contents metafile with a .CNT extension and modifying the topic action to include the commands to be executed when the .hlp file is accessed.
MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 2.70%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (2.70%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
Description
The Windows help system can allow a local user to execute commands as another user by editing a table of contents metafile with a .CNT extension and modifying the topic action to include the commands to be executed when the .hlp file is accessed.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.70% probability · 85th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/windows 95 · microsoft/windows 98 · microsoft/windows nt
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.