CVE-1999-0668

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
18.0%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 5% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: August 21, 1999 (9763 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The scriptlet.typelib ActiveX control is marked as "safe for scripting" for Internet Explorer, which allows a remote attacker to execute arbitrary commands as demonstrated by Bubbleboy.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

🔗 ciac.llnl.gov 🔗 support.microsoft.com 🔗 www.securityfocus.com 🔗 docs.microsoft.com 🔗 ciac.llnl.gov