CVE-1999-0718
IBM GINA, when used for OS/2 domain authentication of Windows NT users, allows local users to gain administrator privileges by changing…
- 6.2MediumCVSS base score
- 0.85%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 41% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
IBM GINA, when used for OS/2 domain authentication of Windows NT users, allows local users to gain administrator privileges by changing the GroupMapping registry key.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list an Exploit-DB entry for it.
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- IBM GINA for NT 1.0 - Local Privilege Escalation (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19472local, windowspublished 23 Aug 1999Verified
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Timeline
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- 5 years later
· 5 years later
Published
- 20 years later
· 20 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.2 | AV:L/AC:H/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.85% · top 41% of all CVEs (11 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.2.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- ibm-gina-group-add(3166) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19990823 IBM Gina security warning (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- 608 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-0699 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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[](https://cveledger.app/cve/CVE-1999-0718)Record last updated .