VulnerabilityModified
CVE-1999-1472
Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue.
MEDIUM 5.0EPSS 17.2%
Does this matter?
EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 17.2%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window.
Description
Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue.
- CVSS 2.0
- 5.0 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 17.19% probability · 97th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Affected
- microsoft/internet explorer
- Source
- cve@mitre.org
References
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.aspPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.aspPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp
- http://www.osvdb.org/7819
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.aspPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.aspPatch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.htmlExploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
- http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp
- http://www.osvdb.org/7819
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.