CVE-1999-1446 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

Internet Explorer 3 records a history of all URL's that are visited by a user in DAT files located in the Temporary Internet Files and History folders, which are not cleared when the user selects the "Clear History" option, and are not visible when the user browses the folders because of tailored displays.

Published: 2001-09-12

Score: 2.1 Low

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

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n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:3.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

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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-1999-1427	Internet Explorer 3 records a history of all URL's that are visited by a user in DAT files located in the Temporary Internet Files and History folders, which are not cleared when the user selects the "Clear History" option, and are not visible when the user browses the folders because of tailored displays.

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 None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00755.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=87602837719654&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=ntbugtraq&m=87602837719655&w=2

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2001-09-12T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:11:03.235Z

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

Link: CVE-1999-1446

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1997-08-05T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1446

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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