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CVE-1999-0891

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 42.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-94

Description

The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828
• http://www.osvdb.org/11274
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ242542
• http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/k-002.shtml
• http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/37828
• http://www.osvdb.org/11274
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/674
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-040

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