CVE-1999-0891

medium

Microsoft

CVSS v3 Base Score

5.0

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

EPSS Score

52.5%

Exploitation probability in 30 days

Top 2% most likely to be exploited

Attack Characteristics

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Confidentiality

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Published: September 1, 1999 (9752 days ago)

Last Modified: April 16, 2026

Source: NVD

Description

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

CWE-94

microsoft internet explorer