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CVE-1999-0487

• Severity: low (CVSS 2.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 1999-09-29 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The DHTML Edit ActiveX control in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 4.0, 5.0

References

• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-011
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-011

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