CVE-1999-1217
MediumExploitation Probability (EPSS)
Elevated risk71th percentile - higher than 71% of all known CVEs
Summary
The PATH in Windows NT includes the current working directory (.), which could allow local users to gain privileges by placing Trojan horse programs with the same name as commonly used system programs into certain directories.
Risk Assessment
The organization may be vulnerable to attacks from local users who can exploit this vulnerability to execute malicious software with system-level privileges.
Recommendation
It is recommended to remove the current working directory from the PATH or implement restrictions on write permissions in critical system directories.
Other vulnerabilities in Windows NT
See all- CVE-2000-1227Medium
Windows NT 4.0 and Windows 2000 hosts allow remote attackers to cause a denial of service (unavailable connections) by sending multiple SMB SMBnegprots requests but not reading the response that is sent back.
- CVE-1999-1579Medium
The Cenroll ActiveX control (xenroll.dll) for Terminal Server Editions of Windows NT 4.0 and Windows NT Server 4.0 before SP6 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource consumption) by creating a large number of arbitrary files on the target machine.
- CVE-1999-1452Low
GINA in Windows NT 4.0 allows attackers with physical access to display a portion of the clipboard of the user who has locked the workstation by pasting (CTRL-V) the contents into the username prompt.
- CVE-1999-1127High
Windows NT 4.0 does not properly shut down invalid named pipe RPC connections, allowing remote attackers to cause a denial of service (resource exhaustion) via a series of connections containing malformed data.
- CVE-1999-1132Medium
Windows NT 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service (crash) via extra source routing data such as a Routing Information Field (RIF) field with a hop count greater than 7 or a list containing duplicate Token Ring IDs.
- CVE-1999-0994Medium
Windows NT with SYSKEY reuses the keystream used for encrypting SAM password hashes, allowing an attacker to crack passwords.
- CVE-1999-0987High
Windows NT improperly downloads a system policy if the domain user logs into the domain with a space at the end of the domain name.
- CVE-1999-1234Medium
LSA (LSASS.EXE) in Windows NT 4.0 allows remote attackers to cause a denial of service via a NULL policy handle in calls to SamrOpenDomain, SamrEnumDomainUsers, and SamrQueryDomainInfo.
- CVE-2000-0328Medium
Windows NT 4.0 generates predictable random TCP initial sequence numbers (ISN), allowing remote attackers to perform spoofing and session hijacking.
- CVE-1999-0728High
A Windows NT user can disable the keyboard or mouse by directly calling the IOCTLs which control them.
Original NVD description (English source)
The PATH in Windows NT includes the current working directory (.), which could allow local users to gain privileges by placing Trojan horse programs with the same name as commonly used system programs into certain directories.
Vulnerability data from NVD (NIST) · CISA KEV · EPSS