Vulnerability: Bypassing Run only allowed apps Policy in ZAK Appstation Mode

CVE-1999-1431 · MEDIUM Severity

AV:L/AC:L/AU:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

ZAK in Appstation mode allows users to bypass the "Run only allowed apps" policy by starting Explorer from Office 97 applications (such as Word), installing software into the TEMP directory, and changing the name to that for an allowed application, such as Winword.exe.

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