CVE-1999-1472

Medium

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.

SeverityMedium
CVSS5.0
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Internet Explorer
PublishedDec 31, 1999
First seenDec 31, 1999

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

Affected products

ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft internet_explorer4.0—

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