Information disclosure in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-1999-0877
Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read files via an ExecCommand method called on an IFRAME.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
Published · last modified .
CVSS v2 metric
CVSS v2 base score 4.3 (Medium). Vector: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N. This CVE predates CVSS v3 and has no v3 score from NVD.
EPSS exploit prediction
EPSS: 0.177 (97.1th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.1% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.177 · newest: 0.177 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 4.01, 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-042 (vendor-advisory)