CVE-1999-0496 — HIGH severity vulnerability (A Windows NT 4.0 user can gain administrative rights by forc)
A Windows NT 4.0 user can gain administrative rights by forcing NtOpenProcessToken to succeed regardless of the user's permissions, aka GetAdmin.
| CVE ID | CVE-1999-0496 |
|---|---|
| Severity | HIGH |
| CVSS score | 7.2 |
| CVSS vector | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
| CWE | CWE-264 |
| Status | Modified |
| Published | 1997-01-01 |
| Last modified | 2026-04-16 |
| Description | A Windows NT 4.0 user can gain administrative rights by forcing NtOpenProcessToken to succeed regardless of the user's permissions, aka GetAdmin. |
| Source | NIST National Vulnerability Database |
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