PT-1999-1727 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 1999-12-31 · Updated 2021-07-22 · CVE-1999-1472

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 4.0

Description: The issue allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine. This is achieved through a small IFRAME that utilizes Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker.

Recommendations: For Internet Explorer version 4.0, consider disabling the use of Dynamic HTML (DHTML) or restricting access to IFRAME elements to minimize the risk of exploitation. At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this issue.

Exploit

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-1999-1472

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 8

• 🔥 http://insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.html · Exploit
• http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.asp · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1472 · Security Note
• http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp · Vendor Advisory
• http://microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/7819 · Note