Vulnerability in Microsoft Frontpage

CVE-1999-0386

Microsoft Personal Web Server and FrontPage Personal Web Server in some Windows systems allows a remote attacker to read files on the server by using a nonstandard URL.

Published 1999-03-01 · last modified 2026-06-16.

CVSS v2 metric

CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.

EPSS exploit prediction

EPSS: 0.191 (97.2th percentile), scored 2026-09-29.

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.2% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.191 · newest: 0.191 · change: 0.000

Affected products

Microsoft Frontpage
Microsoft Personal Web Server — versions 4.0

References

www.osvdb.org/111 (vdb-entry)
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-010 (vendor-advisory)