CVE-1999-0891

CVSS V2 Medium 5 CVSS V3 None
Description
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
Overview
  • CVE ID
  • CVE-1999-0891
  • Assigner
  • cve@mitre.org
  • Vulnerability Status
  • Modified
  • Published Version
  • 1999-09-01T04:00:00
  • Last Modified Date
  • 2021-07-22T14:02:03
Weakness Enumerations
CWE URL
CWE-94 http://cwe.mitre.org/data/definitions/94.html
CPE Configuration (Product)
CPE Vulnerable Operator Version Start Version End
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* 1 OR
CVSS Version 2
  • Version
  • 2.0
  • Vector String
  • AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
  • Access Vector
  • NETWORK
  • Access Compatibility
  • LOW
  • Authentication
  • NONE
  • Confidentiality Impact
  • PARTIAL
  • Integrity Impact
  • NONE
  • Availability Impact
  • NONE
  • Base Score
  • 5
  • Severity
  • MEDIUM
  • Exploitability Score
  • 10
  • Impact Score
  • 2.9
References
Reference URL Reference Tags
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828 US Government Resource
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674
http://www.osvdb.org/11274
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;[LN];Q242542
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040
Sources
Source Name Source URL
NIST https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0891
MITRE https://cve.mitre.org/cgi-bin/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-1999-0891
History
Created Old Value New Value Data Type Notes
2022-05-10 15:54:29 Added to TrackCVE