CVE-1999-1206
SystemSoft SystemWizard package in HP Pavilion PC with Windows 98, and possibly other platforms and operating systems, installs two ActiveX controls that are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a…
Does this matter?
High impact if exploited, but EPSS currently rates exploitation as unlikely (2.11%). Schedule it in the normal patch cycle and watch for a rise in EPSS or a public exploit.
Description
SystemSoft SystemWizard package in HP Pavilion PC with Windows 98, and possibly other platforms and operating systems, installs two ActiveX controls that are marked as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page that references (1) the Launch control, or (2) the RegObj control.
- CVSS 2.0
- 7.5 HIGHAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
- EPSS
- 2.11% probability · 81th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- systemsoft/systemwizard
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93336970231857&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/555
- http://www.systemsoft.com/l-2/l-3/support-systemwizard.htmPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=93336970231857&w=2
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/555
- http://www.systemsoft.com/l-2/l-3/support-systemwizard.htmPatch, Vendor Advisory
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.