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  "id": "CVE-1999-0975",
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  "published": "1999-12-10T05:00:00.000",
  "lastModified": "2024-11-20T23:29:58.863",
  "vulnStatus": "Modified",
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      "value": "The Windows help system can allow a local user to execute commands as another user by editing a table of contents metafile with a .CNT extension and modifying the topic action to include the commands to be executed when the .hlp file is accessed."
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