Vulnerability in Microsoft Frontpage

CVE-1999-1052

Microsoft FrontPage stores form results in a default location in /_private/form_results.txt, which is world-readable and accessible in the document root, which allows remote attackers to read possibly sensitive information submitted by other users.

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: 0.142 (96.5th percentile), scored .

Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 96th percentile — 96.5% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.

EPSS trend (30 days)EPSS over the last 30 days for CVE-1999-1052: held from 0.143 to 0.142.

EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.143 · newest: 0.142 · change: -0.001

Affected products

Public proof-of-concept exploits

References

Frequently asked questions

What is CVE-1999-1052?
CVE-1999-1052 is a vulnerability in Microsoft Frontpage. Published 1999-08-24.
Is CVE-1999-1052 known to be exploited?
1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.