Microsoft Backoffice Resource Kit 2.0 Taskpad privileges management

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Backoffice Resource Kit 2.0. It has been declared as critical. This issue affects some unknown processing of the component Taskpad. Executing a manipulation can lead to privileges management. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-1999-0379. There is no exploit available. It is advisable to implement a patch to correct this issue.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Backoffice Resource Kit 2.0. It has been declared as critical. This vulnerability affects some unknown processing of the component Taskpad. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a privileges management vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is 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. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:

Microsoft Taskpads allows remote web sites to execute commands on the visiting user's machine via certain methods that are marked as Safe for Scripting.

The weakness was shared 02/22/1999 by Adrian O'Neill with Microsoft as MS99-007 as confirmed bulletin (Technet). The advisory is shared for download at microsoft.com. This vulnerability was named CVE-1999-0379. The exploitation appears to be easy. The attack can be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is required for a successful exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1068.

The vulnerability was handled as a non-public zero-day exploit for at least 54 days. During that time the estimated underground price was around $5k-$25k.

Applying the patch MS99-007 is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at microsoft.com.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (1821), SecurityFocus (BID 498†), OSVDB (1019†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-4320†). Once again VulDB remains the best source for vulnerability data.

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Class: Privileges management
CWE: CWE-269 / CWE-266
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Remote: Yes

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Recommended: Patch
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Patch: MS99-007

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: microsoft.com

Advisory: MS99-007
Researcher: Adrian O'Neill
Organization: Microsoft
Status: Confirmed

CVE: CVE-1999-0379 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-1999-0379
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-14524
X-Force: 1821
SecurityFocus: 498 - Microsoft Taskpads Scripting Vulnerability
OSVDB: 1019 - Microsoft Taskpads Feature Arbitrary Script Injection
Vulnerability Center: 4320 - [MS99-007] Microsoft Taskpads Feature Allows Command Execution, Medium

Entryinfo

Created: 06/20/2014 17:10
Updated: 04/18/2026 14:16
Changes: 06/20/2014 17:10 (67), 05/21/2019 16:42 (1), 04/18/2026 14:16 (17)
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