Description
When an administrator in Windows NT or Windows 2000 changes a user policy, the policy is not properly updated if the local ntconfig.pol is not writable by the user, which could allow local users to bypass restrictions that would otherwise be enforced by the policy, possibly by changing the policy file to be read-only.
References (2)
Core 2
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory
x_refsource_mskb
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q157/6/73.asp
Third Party Advisory vdb-entry
x_refsource_xf
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7400.php
Scores
EPSS
0.0141
EPSS Percentile
70.1%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/windows_2000
microsoft/windows_nt
Published
Dec 31, 1999
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026