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Fencer Vulns
medium 4.6

CVE-1999-1084 json

The "AEDebug" registry key is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify the key to specify a Trojan Horse deb…

published 1999-12-31 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-1065

cvss
4.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
3.5%
EPSS 3.5% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 89%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The "AEDebug" registry key is installed with insecure permissions, which allows local users to modify the key to specify a Trojan Horse debugger which is automatically executed on a system crash.

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. Published
  2. First public exploit (EDB-19798)

Exploit prediction

3.51% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 89% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19798 Microsoft Windows NT 4.0 - User Shell Folders local, 2000-03-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/1044 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 4.6 AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

References

Sources

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