Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-1999-0668
The scriptlet.typelib ActiveX control is marked as "safe for scripting" for Internet Explorer, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as demonstrated by Bubbleboy.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.1 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.226 (97.6th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 98th percentile — 97.6% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.226 · newest: 0.226 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 4.0, 5.0
References
- ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/j-064.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-032 (vendor-advisory)
- support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/598 (vdb-entry)