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UK Cyber Defence
VulnerabilityModified

CVE-1999-1358

When an administrator in Windows NT or Windows 2000 changes a user policy, the policy is not properly updated if the local ntconfig.pol is not writable by the user, which could allow local users to bypass restrictions that would otherwise be enforced by…

MEDIUM 4.6EPSS 1.41%

Does this matter?

Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.41%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.

Description

When an administrator in Windows NT or Windows 2000 changes a user policy, the policy is not properly updated if the local ntconfig.pol is not writable by the user, which could allow local users to bypass restrictions that would otherwise be enforced by the policy, possibly by changing the policy file to be read-only.

CVSS 2.0
4.6 MEDIUMAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS
1.41% probability · 71th percentile
CISA KEV
Not listed
Affected
microsoft/windows 2000 · microsoft/windows nt
Source
cve@mitre.org

Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.