CVE-1999-1575

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 35.6% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2005-04-21 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The Kodak/Wang (1) Image Edit (imgedit.ocx), (2) Image Annotation (imgedit.ocx), (3) Image Scan (imgscan.ocx), (4) Thumbnail Image (imgthumb.ocx), (5) Image Admin (imgadmin.ocx), (6) HHOpen (hhopen.ocx), (7) Registration Wizard (regwizc.dll), and (8) IE Active Setup (setupctl.dll) ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer (IE) 4.01 and 5.0 are marked as "Safe for Scripting," which allows remote attackers to create and modify files and execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 4.0.1, 5.0

References

http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/23412
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/24839
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/26924
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41408
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/9162
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7097
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/23412
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/24839
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/26924
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41408

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