CVE-1999-0382 describes a privilege escalation vulnerability in the screen saver component of Microsoft Windows NT. This flaw allows an attacker with local access to execute arbitrary programs with elevated privileges due to improper verification of the screen saver's security context. With a CVSS score of 7.2 (HIGH), this vulnerability presents a significant risk, enabling full compromise of confidentiality, integrity, and availability. While not actively exploited in the wild and not on the KEV catalog, public exploit code exists (EDB-19359), though there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:3.5.1:sp1:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:3.5.1:sp2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:3.5.1:sp3:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:3.5.1:sp4:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
3.5.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:3.5.1:sp5:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.1 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.