| Vulnerability Name: | CVE-1999-1472 (CCN-587) | ||||||||
| Assigned: | 1997-10-01 | ||||||||
| Published: | 1997-10-01 | ||||||||
| Updated: | 2021-07-22 | ||||||||
| Summary: | Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue. | ||||||||
| CVSS v3 Severity: | 5.3 Medium (CCN CVSS v3.1 Vector: CVSS:3.1/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N)
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| CVSS v2 Severity: | 5.0 Medium (CVSS v2 Vector: AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
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| Vulnerability Type: | CWE-Other | ||||||||
| Vulnerability Consequences: | Obtain Information | ||||||||
| References: | Source: CCN Type: BugTraq Mailing List, Fri, 17 Oct 1997 11:35:37 -0500 Security Hole in Explorer 4.0 Source: MITRE Type: CNA CVE-1999-1472 Source: BUGTRAQ Type: UNKNOWN 19971017 Security Hole in Explorer 4.0 Source: MSKB Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory Q176697 Source: MSKB Type: Patch, Vendor Advisory Q176794 Source: CCN Type: Insecure.org Web site Spy on IE users' files Source: MISC Type: Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.html Source: CONFIRM Type: UNKNOWN http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp Source: OSVDB Type: UNKNOWN 7819 Source: CCN Type: OSVDB ID: 7819 Microsoft IE Small IFRAME DHTML Arbitrary File Access Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN http-ie-spy(587) Source: XF Type: UNKNOWN http-ie-spy(587) Source: CCN Type: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 176697 Security Patches for Internet Explorer 3 and 4 Source: CCN Type: Microsoft Knowledge Base Article 176794 HOWTO: Detecting Whether the Freiburg Patch is Installed | ||||||||
| Vulnerable Configuration: | Configuration 1: Configuration CCN 1:  Denotes that component is vulnerable | ||||||||
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