CVE-1999-1365: Microsoft Windows Nt

High severity, CVSS 7.2. EPSS: 2.8% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Windows NT searches a user's home directory (%systemroot% by default) before other directories to find critical programs such as NDDEAGNT.EXE, EXPLORER.EXE, USERINIT.EXE or TASKMGR.EXE, which could allow local users to bypass access restrictions or gain privileges by placing a Trojan horse program into the root directory, which is writable by default.

Affected products

• Microsoft Windows Nt: any version

Published 1999-06-28. Last modified 2026-06-16.