CVE-1999-0975

published 1999-12-10

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…

Priority P4 14 medium 4.6 CVSS 2.0

AV L AC L Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

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.

Affected

1 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	windows_nt	—	—

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