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CVE-1999-0981

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 13.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2000-01-04 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-59

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."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: through 5.01; 4.0.1, 5.0

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ246094
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-050
• http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ246094
• https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-050

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