CVE-1999-0981 - Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')

Severity

51%

Complexity

49%

Confidentiality

106%

Internet Explorer 5.01 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via that window, aka "Server-side Page Reference Redirect."

Internet Explorer 5.01 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via that window, aka "Server-side Page Reference Redirect."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 5.1. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: high. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-12-08 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1

4.0.1

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0

5.0

Microsoft Internet Explorer

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