01 Record
CVE-1999-0891
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 42.57% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 98.5% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- No Red Hat rating. Red Hat rates the CVEs that affect its products.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2000-01-04 05:00Z26 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 16:55Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 1999-12-08
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94Improper Control of Generation of Code ('Code Injection')Base
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- ba3b7b50e62514eb8e2becb61c860f4f231847461735d7216ee4d0b7698dbf5b
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.securityfocus.com674http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674
- docs.microsoft.comMS99-040https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040
- www.ciac.orgK-002http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml
- support.microsoft.comQ242542http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542
- www.kb.cert.orgVU#37828http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828
- www.osvdb.org11274http://www.osvdb.org/11274