01 Record
CVE-1999-1472
Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: mitre
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the
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
- 17.05% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 96.9% 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
- 2002-03-09 05:00Z24 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-08-01 17:18Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2001-08-31
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- No CWE assigned
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 6156966f345a3574f4f115e650ed8e8ef96b56c835854618270b6f5a006d8d45
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- www.microsoft.comhttp://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp
- www.osvdb.org7819http://www.osvdb.org/7819
- support.microsoft.comQ176794http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.asp
- support.microsoft.comQ176697http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp
- marc.info19971017 Security Hole in Explorer 4.0http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.comhttp-ie-spy(587)https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587
- www.insecure.orghttp://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.html