CVE-1999-0382

Summary

CVE-1999-0382 is a vulnerability affecting the screen saver feature in Windows NT. Malicious actors can exploit this issue by failing to verify proper context changes during screen saver execution, thereby gaining elevated privileges and running unauthorized programs on the affected system. This weakness poses a significant risk to system security and can potentially lead to serious data breaches or unauthorized system access. It is recommended that users install the provided Microsoft patch as soon as possible to mitigate this vulnerability.

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