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CVE-1999-1110

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

Windows Media Player ActiveX object as used in Internet Explorer 5.0 returns a specific error code when a file does not exist, which allows remote malicious web sites to determine the existence of files on the client.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/34675
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/793
• http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/34675
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/793

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