THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-1999-0382
HIGH SEVERITY

CVE-1999-0382

Windows Nt vulnerability

CVSS
7.2
EPSS
3.1%
EPSS pct
87th
Exploited
No known
The screen saver in Windows NT does not verify that its security context has been changed properly, allowing attackers to run programs with elevated privileges.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Windows Nt
CVSS vector
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Published
1999-03-12

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable with local access, low attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to complete impact to confidentiality, complete impact to integrity, complete impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 3.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 87% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-1999-0382

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Windows Nt is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-1999-0382.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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