{"id":"CVE-1999-1578","url":"https://www.cyber-defence.io/tools/cve/CVE-1999-1578","generatedAt":"2026-10-27T21:09:13.239Z","title":"Buffer overflow in Registration Wizard ActiveX control (regwizc.dll, InvokeRegWizard) 3.0.0.0 for Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.","description":"Buffer overflow in Registration Wizard ActiveX control (regwizc.dll, InvokeRegWizard) 3.0.0.0 for Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.","published":"1999-09-24T04:00:00.000Z","lastModified":"2026-06-16T21:50:46.000Z","status":"Modified","sourceIdentifier":"cve@mitre.org","cvss":{"version":"2.0","score":5.1,"severity":"MEDIUM","vector":"AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P"},"cwe":[],"affected":["microsoft/internet explorer"],"epss":{"score":0.19438,"percentile":0.97348,"date":"2026-10-26","history":[]},"kev":{"listed":false},"exploits":{"count":1,"verified":true,"firstPublished":"1999-09-27","source":"Exploit-DB (https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb)","entries":[{"edbId":19528,"kind":"exploit","title":"Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1/5 - Registration Wizard Buffer Overflow","url":"https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19528","sourceUrl":"https://gitlab.com/exploit-database/exploitdb/-/blob/main/exploits/windows/local/19528.txt","file":"exploits/windows/local/19528.txt","published":"1999-09-27","added":"1999-09-27","updated":"2012-07-02","author":"Shane Hird","type":"local","platform":"windows","port":null,"verified":true,"codes":["CVE-1999-1578","CVE-1999-1575","OSVDB-18543"],"tags":null,"aliases":null,"applicationUrl":null,"screenshotUrl":null,"referenceUrl":"https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/671/info"}]},"verdict":{"level":"urgent","text":"EPSS puts the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days at 19.4%, higher than 97% of all known CVEs. Patch or mitigate before the next change window."},"changes":[],"references":[{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37556","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/671","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3311","source":"cve@mitre.org"},{"url":"http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37556","tags":["Exploit","Patch","Third Party Advisory","US Government Resource"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/671","tags":["Exploit","Patch"],"source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"},{"url":"https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3311","source":"af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108"}],"sources":{"nvd":"https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1578","epss":"https://www.first.org/epss/","kev":"https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","exploitdb":"https://www.exploit-db.com/"},"licence":"CC BY 4.0 — link back to the CVE Explorer if you publish the results; upstream data remains subject to its own terms."}