CVE-1999-1084 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The "AEDebug" registry key is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify the key to specify a Trojan Horse debugger which is automatically executed on a system crash.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0::server:::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt:4.0::workstation:::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-1065	The "AEDebug" registry key is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify the key to specify a Trojan Horse debugger which is automatically executed on a system crash.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00525.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=90222453431604&w=2
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q103/8/61.asp
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-029.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1044
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2000/ms00-008

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Windows Nt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.650Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1084

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1084

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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