Windows NT searches a user's home directory (%systemroot% by default) before other directories to find critical programs such as NDDEAGNT.EXE, EXPLORER.EXE, USERINIT.EXE or TASKMGR.EXE, which could allow local users to bypass access restrictions or gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program into the root directory, which is writable by default.
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Source ID Title
EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1346 Windows NT searches a user's home directory (%systemroot% by default) before other directories to find critical programs such as NDDEAGNT.EXE, EXPLORER.EXE, USERINIT.EXE or TASKMGR.EXE, which could allow local users to bypass access restrictions or gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program into the root directory, which is writable by default.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:02.920Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00

Link: CVE-1999-1365

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-06-28T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Link: CVE-1999-1365

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