CVE-1999-1400 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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 while the screen is still locked.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 2.1 Low

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

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:the_economist:the_economist_1999_screen_saver:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-1999-1381	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.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00115.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0007.html
http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0009.html
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92851653600852&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/466

History

No history.

Subscriptions

The Economist The Economist 1999 Screen Saver

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

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

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.228Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1400

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-06-03T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1400

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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