First published: Mon Jun 28 1999(Updated: )
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.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
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Microsoft Windows NT | ||
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