01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 0.36% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 30.2% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2001-09-12 04:00Z25 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 17:11Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 75ccf761e33468c4742e58c318a814f80eb59e40ce3634473fb6976374a03e65
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com466http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/466
- archives.indenial.com19990603 Huge Exploit in NT 4.0 SP5 Screensaver with Password Protection Enabledhttp://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0007.html
- marc.info19990604 Official response from The Economist re: 1999 Screen Saverhttp://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92851653600852&w=2
- archives.indenial.com19990603 Re: Huge Exploit in NT 4.0 SP5 Screensaver with Password Protecti on Enabled.http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0009.html