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CVE-1999-0496

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.2 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 1999-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-264

Description

A Windows NT 4.0 user can gain administrative rights by forcing NtOpenProcessToken to succeed regardless of the user's permissions, aka GetAdmin.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: 4.0

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ146965
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ146965

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