PT-1999-1501 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 1999-12-08 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-1999-0981

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.1

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Internet Explorer versions 5.01 and earlier

Description The issue allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via that window.

Recommendations For Internet Explorer versions 5.01 and earlier, at the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Exploit

Link Following

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-59

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-0981

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• 🔥 https://exploit-db.com/exploits/19591 · Exploit
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-0981 · Security Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ246094 · Note
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-050 · Note