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CVE-1999-1473

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 7.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2002-03-09 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

When a Web site redirects the browser to another site, Internet Explorer 3.02 and 4.0 automatically resends authentication information to the second site, aka the "Page Redirect Issue."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 3.0.2, 4.0

References

• http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7426.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/7818
• http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp
• http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7426.php
• http://www.osvdb.org/7818

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