CVE-1999-1087 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet Explorer 4 treats a 32-bit number ("dotless IP address") in the a URL as the hostname instead of an IP address, which causes IE to apply Local Intranet Zone settings to the resulting web page, allowing remote malicious web servers to conduct unauthorized activities by using URLs that contain the dotless IP address for their server.

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 7.5 High

EPSS: 11.8% Moderate

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0.1:sp1::::::

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.11771.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q168/6/17.asp
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/Ie/security/dotless.asp
http://www.osvdb.org/7828
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1998/ms98-016
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2209

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.775Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1087

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1087

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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