CVE-1999-0975

Medium CVSS 4.6

Published 1999-12-10 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0975, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

The Windows help system can allow a local user to execute commands as another user by editing a table of contents metafile with a .CNT extension and modifying the topic action to include the commands to be executed when the .hlp file is accessed.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0975

CVSS vector: AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P