Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read files by redirecting data to a Javascript applet.

published 1999-11-17 26 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-1999-0774

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

Timeline

1999-10-18 First public exploit (EDB-19559)
1999-11-17 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-19559 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/4.0.1 - JavaScript URL Redirection (MS99-043) remote, 1999-10-18

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

docs.microsoft.com /en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/1999/ms99-043
vendor-advisory

Sources

CVE List CVE-1999-0793
NVD CVE-1999-0793

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Summary