CVE-1999-0572 is a legacy vulnerability affecting Microsoft Windows NT and Windows 2000, stemming from the default association of .reg files with the Registry Editor, which renders the system susceptible to Trojan Horse attacks. Rated with a critical CVSS score of 9.3, this issue presents a significant risk to system confidentiality, integrity, and availability by allowing unauthenticated remote attackers to execute malicious registry modifications, provided they can induce user interaction. Despite a high FAUCET risk score of 86 and an EPSS score placing it in the top 8% of vulnerabilities, there is currently no evidence of active exploitation, no public exploit code available in major repositories, and the issue is absent from the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities catalog.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
All Versions ImpactedCPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
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