CVE-1999-1400

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1400
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-06-03 04:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionThe Economist screen saver 1999 with the "Password Protected" option enabled allows users with physical access to the machine to bypass the screen saver and read files by running Internet Explorer while the screen is still locked.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 2.1 from [email protected]

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Local
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
None
Availability
None

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application The Economist The Economist 1999 Screen Saver All All All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
'Official response from The Economist re: 1999 Screen Saver' - MARC af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 marc.info
Economist Screen Saver Vulnerability af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.securityfocus.com
The NTBugTraq Archives: Huge Exploit in NT 4.0 SP5 Screensaver af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.indenial.com Vendor Advisory
The NTBugTraq Archives: Re: Huge Exploit in NT 4.0 SP5 Screensa af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 archives.indenial.com Vendor Advisory
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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