CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1370

7.2 HIGH Published 1999-03-23 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-03-23
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.2 HIGH — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

Description

The setup wizard (ie5setup.exe) for Internet Explorer 5.0 disables (1) the screen saver, which could leave the system open to users with physical access if a failure occurs during an unattended installation, and (2) the Task Scheduler Service, which might prevent the scheduled execution of security-critical programs.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 5.0

References