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CVE-1999-1365
Windows NT searches a user's home directory (%systemroot% by default) before other directories to find critical programs such as…
High7.2EPSS 2.8%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | High7.2 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.8% · top 14% of all CVEs (6 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: High 7.2.
Weakness
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Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (4)
- 515 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- 19990628 NT runs Explorer.exe, Taskmgr.exe etc. from wrong location (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 19990630 Update: NT runs explorer.exe, etc... (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- nt-login-default-folder(2336) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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