PT-1997-1160 · Microsoft · Windows Nt

Published 1997-01-01 · Updated 2022-08-17 · CVE-1999-0572

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

9.3

High

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Windows NT (affected versions not specified)

Description The issue concerns the association of .reg files with the Windows NT registry editor (regedit), which makes the registry susceptible to Trojan Horse attacks.

Recommendations At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0572

Affected Products

Windows Nt

References · 2

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0572 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/178 · Note