CVE-1999-1472
N/A
Published: March 9, 2002 at 05:00 AM UTC
Updated: June 16, 2026 at 09:50 PM UTC
1 product affected across 1 vendorInternet Explorer
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Severity
N/A
Exploit prediction
EPSS 17%
Description
Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue.
Affected
Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.
Remediation
No guide yetNo remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet. What the record does show:
References (7)
Mailing Listx_refsource_BUGTRAQ
Source: [email protected]
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2Vendor Advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.aspVendor Advisoryx_refsource_MSKBPatch
Source: [email protected]
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.aspx_refsource_MISCExploitPatchVendor Advisory
Source: [email protected]
http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.htmlx_refsource_CONFIRM
Source: [email protected]
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.aspVDB Entryx_refsource_XF
Source: [email protected]
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587Quick Info
StatusMODIFIED
CWE
NVD-CWE-Other
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