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CVE-1999-0891

The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.

Published

1999-09-01T04:00:00.000

Last Modified

2025-04-03T01:03:51.193

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 5.0 (MEDIUM)

CVSSv2 Vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Access Vector: NETWORK
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

10.0

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-94

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Application	microsoft	internet_explorer	5.0	Yes

References

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542 ([email protected])
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml ([email protected])
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828 US Government Resource ([email protected])
http://www.osvdb.org/11274 ([email protected])
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674 ([email protected])
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040 ([email protected])
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828 US Government Resource (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.osvdb.org/11274 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)