CVE-1999-1575

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1/5 - Registration Wizard Buffer Overflow

Severity Score

5.1

*CVSS v2

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

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.

*Credits: N/A

CVSS Scores

NISTv2 5.1

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

High

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

Partial

Availability

Partial

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

1999-09-10 CVE Published
1999-09-27 First Exploit
2005-04-21 CVE Reserved
2023-08-11 EPSS Updated
2024-08-01 CVE Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (11)

URL	Tag	Source
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/23412	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/24839	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/26924	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41408	Third Party Advisory
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/9162	Third Party Advisory
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7097	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19528	1999-09-27
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19515	1999-09-27
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19521	1999-09-27
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719	2024-08-01

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-037	2021-07-22

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				4.0.1 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "4.0.1"		-		Affected
Microsoft Search vendor "Microsoft"		Internet Explorer Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer"				5.0 Search vendor "Microsoft" for product "Internet Explorer" and version "5.0"		-		Affected