Macromedia "The Matrix" screen saver on Windows 95 with the "Password protected" option enabled allows attackers with physical access to the machine to bypass the password prompt by pressing the ESC (Escape) key.

Related CVEs

CVE-1999-1454

Key Information

GHSA ID

GHSA-56h3-j94v-47jr

Published

April 30, 2022 6:12 PM

Last Modified

April 30, 2022 6:12 PM

CVSS Score

5.0 /10

Primary Ecosystem

Unknown

Primary Package

Unknown

GitHub Reviewed

✗ No

Dataset

Last updated: June 28, 2025 6:27 AM

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