CVE-1999-1472
Internet Explorer DHTML Remote File Read Vulnerability
Description
Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue.
INFO
Published Date :
Dec. 31, 1999, 5 a.m.
Last Modified :
Nov. 20, 2024, 11:31 p.m.
Source :
[email protected]
Remotely Exploitable :
Yes !
Impact Score :
2.9
Exploitability Score :
10.0
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CVE-1999-1472 vulnerability over time.
Vulnerability history details can be useful for understanding the evolution of a vulnerability, and for identifying the most recent changes that may impact the vulnerability's severity, exploitability, or other characteristics.
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CVE Modified by af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Nov. 20, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2 Added Reference http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp Added Reference http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.asp Added Reference http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.html Added Reference http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp Added Reference http://www.osvdb.org/7819 Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587 -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
May. 14, 2024
Action Type Old Value New Value -
CPE Deprecation Remap by [email protected]
Jul. 22, 2021
Action Type Old Value New Value Changed CPE Configuration OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:ie:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* OR *cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 10, 2017
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://xforce.iss.net/static/587.php [Patch, Vendor Advisory] Added Reference https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587 [No Types Assigned] -
CVE Modified by [email protected]
Oct. 18, 2016
Action Type Old Value New Value Removed Reference http://marc.theaimsgroup.com/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2 Added Reference http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2 -
Initial Analysis by [email protected]
Jan. 01, 2004
Action Type Old Value New Value
CWE - Common Weakness Enumeration
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specific instances of vulnerabilities, CWE categorizes the common flaws or
weaknesses that can lead to vulnerabilities. CVE-1999-1472 is
associated with the following CWEs:
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification
(CAPEC)
stores attack patterns, which are descriptions of the common attributes and
approaches employed by adversaries to exploit the CVE-1999-1472
weaknesses.
Exploit Prediction
EPSS is a daily estimate of the probability of exploitation activity being observed over the next 30 days.
2.43 }} 0.29%
score
0.88899
percentile