CVE-1999-1472

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Published Mar 9, 2002 CVSS 2.0 · 5.0 Medium EPSS 17.1% KEV · Not listed

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.

Affected Products

Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

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affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

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Metrics

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

Exploit prediction score: 17.1% (17.052% probability within 30 days)

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

Sources

CVE record Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:18 PM

Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: Mar 9, 2002, 5:00 AM
Updated: Aug 1, 2024, 5:18 PM
Reserved: Aug 31, 2001, 12:00 AM

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NVD Updated: Jun 16, 2026, 9:50 PM

Status: Modified
Published: Dec 31, 1999, 5:00 AM
Modified: Jun 16, 2026, 9:50 PM

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