CVE-1999-0981

Severity CVSS v4.0:

Pending analysis

Type:

CWE-59 Link Following

Publication date:

08/12/1999

Last modified:

03/04/2025

Description

Internet Explorer 5.01 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via that window, aka "Server-side Page Reference Redirect."

Impact

Vector 2.0

AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P CVSS v2.0 Severity and Metrics:

Base Score: 5.10 MEDIUM
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Attack Vector (AV): Network
Attack Complexity (AC): High
Authentication (Au): None
Confidentiality (C): Physical
Integrity (I): Physical
Availability (A): Physical

Base Score 2.0

5.10

Severity 2.0

MEDIUM

Vulnerable products and versions

CPE	From	Up to
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer::::::::		5.01 (including)
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0.1:::::::*
cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:::::::*

To consult the complete list of CPE names with products and versions, see this page

CVE-1999-0981

Description

Impact

Vulnerable products and versions

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools