CVE-1999-1241

Severity

99%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

165%

Internet Explorer, with a security setting below Medium, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page that uses the FileSystemObject ActiveX object.

Internet Explorer, with a security setting below Medium, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page that uses the FileSystemObject ActiveX object.

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 9.9. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C).

Overview

First reported 25 years ago

1999-05-06 04:00:00

Last updated 7 years ago

2017-12-19 02:29:00

Affected Software

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0.2900

6.0.2900

References

http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/NT/activex4.html

ie-filesystemobject(2173)

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