CVE-1999-1472

Public Exploit

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 Freiburg text-viewing issue.

5.0

CVSS

Severity: Medium

CVSS 2.0 •

EPSS 17.72% Top 10%

Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory microsoft.com Vendor Advisory insecure.org

Affected: n/a n/a

References

Link	Tags
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp
http://www.osvdb.org/7819	vdb entry
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.asp	patch vendor advisory
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp	patch vendor advisory
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2	mailing list
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587	vdb entry
http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.html	exploit patch vendor advisory

Frequently Asked Questions

What is the severity of CVE-1999-1472?: CVE-1999-1472 has been scored as a medium severity vulnerability.
How to fix CVE-1999-1472?: To fix CVE-1999-1472, make sure you are using an up-to-date version of the affected component(s) by checking the vendor release notes. As for now, there are no other specific guidelines available.
Is CVE-1999-1472 being actively exploited in the wild?: It is possible that CVE-1999-1472 is being exploited or will be exploited in a near future based on public information. According to its EPSS score, there is a ~18% probability that this vulnerability will be exploited by malicious actors in the next 30 days.

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