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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
microsoftinternet_explorerNot specified—

06 References