CVE-1999-1400

The 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.

CVSS v2.0

2.1 LOWAV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

EPSS

0.37% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, 30th percentile

Published

2001-09-12

Updated

2024-08-01

Proof-of-concept exploits (2)

• http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0007.html
• http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0009.html

References

• CVE Record
• NVD entry

Related

• CVE-1999-1399
• CVE-1999-1402
• CVE-1999-1398
• CVE-1999-1405
• CVE-1999-1394
• CVE-1999-1408