CVE-1999-0468

high Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
8.2
CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:H/I:L/A:N
EPSS Score
1.9%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 17% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
Low
Privileges Required
None
User Interaction
None
Confidentiality
High
Integrity
Low
Availability
None
Published: April 9, 1999 (9897 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

Internet Explorer 5.0 allows a remote server to read arbitrary files on the client's file system using the Microsoft Scriptlet Component.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com