CVE-1999-1431: Microsoft Zero Administration Kit

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 9.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

ZAK in Appstation mode allows users to bypass the "Run only allowed apps" policy by starting Explorer from Office 97 applications (such as Word), installing software into the TEMP directory, and changing the name to that for an allowed application, such as Winword.exe.

Affected products

• Microsoft Zero Administration Kit: version 1.0 only

Published 2005-01-07. Last modified 2026-06-16.