RCE in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-1999-0891
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
Vulnerability class: RCE (Remote Code Execution)
Published · last modified .
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: 0.426 (98.7th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 99th percentile — 98.7% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.426 · newest: 0.426 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 5.0
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/674 (vdb-entry)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040 (vendor-advisory)
- www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml (government-resource, third-party-advisory)
- support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (vendor-advisory)
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828 (US Government Resource, third-party-advisory)
- www.osvdb.org/11274 (vdb-entry)