PT-1999-1439 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 1999-09-01 · Updated 2021-07-22 · CVE-1999-0891

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer version 5

Description The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect in the "download behavior" of the affected software.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer version 5, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Code Injection

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-94

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0891

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19530 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0891 · Security Note
• http://ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml · Note
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/674 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/11274 · Note
• http://kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040 · Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542 · Note