CVE-1999-0917

medium Microsoft
CVSS v3 Base Score
5.1
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
EPSS Score
6.6%
Exploitation probability in 30 days
Top 9% most likely to be exploited
Attack Characteristics
Attack Vector
Network
Attack Complexity
High
Confidentiality
P
Integrity
P
Availability
P
Published: May 27, 1999 (9849 days ago)
Last Modified: April 16, 2026
Vendor: Microsoft
Source: NVD

Description

The Preloader ActiveX control used by Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

CWE

NVD-CWE-Other

Affected Products

microsoft internet explorer

References

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