CVE-1999-1365 Path traversal in n/a
Local attackers can gain privileges by placing Trojan programs in the writable system root directory due to insecure search order.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Any signed-in user
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- Not needed
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1365?
CVE-1999-1365 is a high-severity path traversal vulnerability in Microsoft Windows Nt, published on 1 Sep 2004. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, with no action from the victim.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1365?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Windows Nt.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1365?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1365 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and resolve every user-supplied path against an allowed base folder before opening it. More about Path traversal.
Is CVE-1999-1365 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1365 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Windows Nt
- CVE-2004-0900 The DHCP Server service for Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 Server and Terminal Server Edition does not properly validate the length of certain mes
- CVE-2001-0045 The default permissions for the RAS Administration key in Windows NT 4.0 allows local users to execute arbitrary commands by changing the va
- CVE-1999-0119 Windows NT 4.0 beta allows users to read and delete shares.
- CVE-1999-0226 Denial of service in n/a
- CVE-1999-0285 Denial of service in n/a
Sources
Also known as GHSA-xwwx-gqwv-7rqx.