CVE-1999-0981

Microsoft Internet Explorer < 5.01 - Symlink Following

Title source: rule
STIX 2.1

Description

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."

Exploits (1)

exploitdb WORKING POC VERIFIED
by Georgi Guninski · textremotewindows
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/19591

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_mskb
http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb%3B%5BLN%5D%3BQ246094

Scores

EPSS 0.0458
EPSS Percentile 89.3%

Details

CWE
CWE-59
Status published
Products (3)
microsoft/internet_explorer 4.0.1
microsoft/internet_explorer 5.0
microsoft/internet_explorer < 5.01
Published Dec 08, 1999
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026