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CVE-1999-0496

HIGH CVSS: 7.2 Published: 1997-01-01 Modified: 2026-06-16

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 Platforms

Microsoft Windows Nt

Weakness Type

CWE-264

References