CVE-1999-1359: Microsoft Windows Nt

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 3.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

When the Ntconfig.pol file is used on a server whose name is longer than 13 characters, Windows NT does not properly enforce policies for global groups, which could allow users to bypass restrictions that were intended by those policies.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: any version

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.