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The screen saver in Windows NT does not verify that its security context has been changed properly, allowing attackers to run programs with elevated privileges

Published Sep 29, 1999

Description

The screen saver in Windows NT does not verify that its security context has been changed properly, allowing attackers to run programs with elevated privileges.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (1)

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Sep 29, 1999
Updated Aug 1, 2024
Reserved Jun 7, 1999
NVD
Status Modified
Modified Jun 16, 2026
Red Hat
Severity n/a
Public date n/a