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Fencer Vulns
low 2.6

CVE-1999-0487 json

The DHTML Edit ActiveX control in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

published 1999-05-01 27 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0486

cvss
2.6
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
13.3%
EPSS 13.3% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 96%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

The DHTML Edit ActiveX control in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-19094)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

13.29% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 96% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-19094 Microsoft Internet Explorer 4/5 - DHTML Edit ActiveX Control File Stealing / Cross Frame Access remote, 1999-04-22

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 2.6 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

References

Sources

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