Vulnerability CVE-1999-1400
Published: 1999-06-03   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
The Economist screen saver 1999 with the "Password Protected" option enabled allows users with physical access to the machine to bypass the screen saver and read files by running Internet Explorer while the screen is still locked.

CVSS2 => (AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
2.1/10
2.9/10
3.9/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Local
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
The economist -> The economist 1999 screen saver 

 References:
http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0007.html
http://archives.indenial.com/hypermail/ntbugtraq/1999/June1999/0009.html
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=92851653600852&w=2
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/466
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