CVE-1999-1431

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
4.6
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
0.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 24% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Local
Attack Complexity
Low
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: January 7, 2005 (7797 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

ZAK in Appstation mode allows users to bypass the "Run only allowed apps" policy by starting Explorer from Office 97 applications (such as Word), installing software into the TEMP directory, and changing the name to that for an allowed application, such as Winword.exe.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft zero administration kit

References

🔗 marc.info 🔗 marc.info 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 marc.info 🔗 marc.info