Microsoft Windows symbolic link table Privilege Escalation - Ver2 (CVE-1999-1317)

A privilege escalation vulnerability has been reported in Microsoft Windows. Successful exploitation of this vulnerability would allow a remote attacker to gain unauthorized access to the affected system...

CVE-1999-1317

CVE-1999-1317: A local privilege-escalation vulnerability affecting Windows NT 4.0 SP4 and earlier. The flaw arises from allowing modification of the symbolic link table in the ?? object folder by varying case letters to point to a different device, enabling local users to gain privileges. The co...