Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-1999-0858
Internet Explorer 5 allows a remote attacker to modify the IE client's proxy configuration via a malicious Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) server.
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 5.0 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.136 (96.4th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.4% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.134 · newest: 0.136 · change: +0.003
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-054 (vendor-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/846 (vdb-entry)
- support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (vendor-advisory)