CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-0668
5.1 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-08-21
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.1 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Description
The scriptlet.typelib ActiveX control is marked as "safe for scripting" for Internet Explorer, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as demonstrated by Bubbleboy.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 4.0
• microsoft internet explorer 5.0
References
- http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/j-064.shtml ciac.llnl.gov
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ240308 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/598 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-032 docs.microsoft.com
- http://ciac.llnl.gov/ciac/bulletins/j-064.shtml ciac.llnl.gov
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ240308 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/598 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-032 docs.microsoft.com