Vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer
CVE-1999-1578
Buffer overflow in Registration Wizard ActiveX control (regwizc.dll, InvokeRegWizard) 3.0.0.0 for Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5 allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands.
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: 0.194 (97.3th percentile), scored .
Moderate probability of exploitation in the next 30 days — watch for active exploitation reports. 97th percentile — 97.3% of CVEs in the catalogue have a lower EPSS than this one. How to read EPSS.
EPSS over last 30 days · oldest: 0.194 · newest: 0.194 · change: 0.000
Affected products
- Microsoft Internet Explorer — versions 4.0.1, 5.0
References
- www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37556 (US Government Resource, Exploit, Patch, Third Party Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- www.securityfocus.com/bid/671 (Exploit, Patch, vdb-entry)
- www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719 (mailing-list)
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3311 (vdb-entry)