Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-1999-0917
The Preloader ActiveX control used by Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.
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: 0.062 (93.3th percentile), scored .
Low probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, but still tracked. 93rd percentile — 93.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.062 · newest: 0.062 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 4.0, 5.0
References
- support.microsoft.com/default.aspx (vendor-advisory)
- docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-018 (vendor-advisory)