CVE-1999-0975

First published: Fri Dec 10 1999(Updated: )

The Windows help system can allow a local user to execute commands as another user by editing a table of contents metafile with a .CNT extension and modifying the topic action to include the commands to be executed when the .hlp file is accessed.

Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org

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