CVE-1999-0384 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Forms 2.0 ActiveX control (included with Visual Basic for Applications 5.0) can be used to read text from a user's clipboard when the user accesses documents with ActiveX content.

Published: 1999-09-29

Score: 4.6 Medium

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:office:98::mac:::::
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:outlook:98:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:project:98:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:visual_basic:5.0:::::::*

Configuration 2 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_2000::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:microsoft:windows_nt::::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-1999-0384	The Forms 2.0 ActiveX control (included with Visual Basic for Applications 5.0) can be used to read text from a user's clipboard when the user accesses documents with ActiveX content.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00282.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-001

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Office Outlook Project Visual Basic Windows 2000 Windows Nt

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 1999-09-29T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T16:34:51.891Z

Reserved: 1999-06-07T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-0384

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-01-01T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-0384

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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