CVE-1999-1575 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Kodak/Wang (1) Image Edit (imgedit.ocx), (2) Image Annotation (imgedit.ocx), (3) Image Scan (imgscan.ocx), (4) Thumbnail Image (imgthumb.ocx), (5) Image Admin (imgadmin.ocx), (6) HHOpen (hhopen.ocx), (7) Registration Wizard (regwizc.dll), and (8) IE Active Setup (setupctl.dll) ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer (IE) 4.01 and 5.0 are marked as "Safe for Scripting," which allows remote attackers to create and modify files and execute arbitrary commands.

Published: 2005-04-21

Score: 5.1 Medium

EPSS: 36.7% 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:4.0.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:::::::*

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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 High

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.36698.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/23412
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/24839
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/26924
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/41408
http://www.kb.cert.org/vuls/id/9162
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/28719
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-037
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7097

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2005-04-21T04:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:18:07.549Z

Reserved: 2005-04-21T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1575

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-09-10T04:00:00.000

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

Link: CVE-1999-1575

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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