CVEvulnerability
CVE-1999-0891
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 1999-09-01
- Last modified
- 2026-06-16
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-94
Description
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
Affected configurations
• microsoft internet explorer 5.0
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-94 Improper Control of Generation of Code weakness
References
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml www.ciac.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/11274 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040 docs.microsoft.com
- http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542 support.microsoft.com
- http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml www.ciac.org
- http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828 US Government Resource
- http://www.osvdb.org/11274 www.osvdb.org
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674 www.securityfocus.com
- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040 docs.microsoft.com