Description
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.
Published: 2004-09-01
Score: 7.2 High
EPSS: 3.1% Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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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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Microsoft Windows Nt
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

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

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1365

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

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

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1365

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