The Economist screen saver 1999 with the "Password Protected" option enabled allows users with physical access to the machine to bypass the screen saver and read files by running Internet Explorer while the screen is still locked.

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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1381 The Economist screen saver 1999 with the "Password Protected" option enabled allows users with physical access to the machine to bypass the screen saver and read files by running Internet Explorer while the screen is still locked.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.228Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T04:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1400

cve-icon Vulnrichment

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 1999-06-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1400

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