CVE-1999-0891
MediumPublished
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
- Published
- Jan 4, 2000
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Sep 27, 1999
Primary CVSS
5.0/ 10Medium
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N42.6%
Moderate · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 98.7%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.
Sources
1Georgi Guninski · windows · Sep 27, 1999
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