Microsoft Windows NT Directory privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability described as critical has been identified in Microsoft Windows NT. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Directory Handler. Such manipulation leads to privileges management. This vulnerability is listed as CVE-1999-0560. In addition, an exploit is available. Configuration settings should be changed.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability, which was classified as very critical, has been found in Microsoft Windows NT (Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown code block of the component Directory Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-269. The product does not properly assign, modify, track, or check privileges for an actor, creating an unintended sphere of control for that actor. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

A system-critical Windows NT file or directory has inappropriate permissions.

The weakness was presented 01/01/1999. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-1999-0560. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The current price for an exploit might be approx. USD $0-$5k (estimation calculated on 04/18/2026). The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

It is declared as highly functional. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.

It is possible to mitigate the problem by applying the configuration setting .

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.2

VulDB Base Score: 9.8
VulDB Temp Score: 9.2
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Exploitinginfo

Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
Local: No
Remote: Yes

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Access: Public
Status: Highly functional

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Countermeasuresinfo

Recommended: Config
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Timelineinfo

01/01/1999 🔍
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06/19/2014 +5648 days 🔍
04/18/2026 +4320 days 🔍

Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com
Product: microsoft.com

Status: Not defined

CVE: CVE-1999-0560 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0560
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14348
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 00:51
Updated: 04/18/2026 00:20
Changes: 06/20/2014 00:51 (37), 04/04/2019 00:29 (10), 04/18/2026 00:20 (20)
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Cache ID: 216::103

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