CVE-1999-1431 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

ZAK in Appstation mode allows users to bypass the "Run only allowed apps" policy by starting Explorer from Office 97 applications (such as Word), installing software into the TEMP directory, and changing the name to that for an allowed application, such as Winword.exe.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:zero_administration_kit:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1412	ZAK in Appstation mode allows users to bypass the "Run only allowed apps" policy by starting Explorer from Office 97 applications (such as Word), installing software into the TEMP directory, and changing the name to that for an allowed application, such as Winword.exe.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00899.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91576100022688&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=91606260910008&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/181

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Zero Administration Kit

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.273Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1431

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2005-01-07T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1431

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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