CVE-1999-0981

published 1999-12-08

CVE-1999-0981: Internet Explorer 5.01 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via…

Priority P4 17 medium 5.1 CVSS 2.0

AV N AC H Au N C P I P A P

EXPLOIT

Internet Explorer 5.01 and earlier allows a remote attacker to create a reference to a client window and use a server-side redirect to access local files via that window, aka "Server-side Page Reference Redirect."

Affected

3 ranges

Vendor	Product	Version range	Fixed in
microsoft	internet_explorer	<= 5.01	—
microsoft	internet_explorer	—	—
microsoft	internet_explorer	—	—

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