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CVE-1999-1474

• Severity: high (CVSS 7.5 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 9.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2001-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

PowerPoint 95 and 97 allows remote attackers to cause an application to be run automatically without prompting the user, possibly through the slide show, when the document is opened in browsers such as Internet Explorer.

Affected products

• Microsoft PowerPoint for Android: 95, 97

References

• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/security/powerpoint.asp
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179
• http://www.microsoft.com/windows/ie/security/powerpoint.asp
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/179

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