VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-0891
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 42.6%
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EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 42.6%, higher than 99% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 42.58% probability · 99th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-94
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/11274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/11274
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.