CVE-1999-0669 describes a vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer where the Eyedog ActiveX control is marked "safe for scripting." This misconfiguration allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands on a user's system, as famously demonstrated by the Bubbleboy worm. With a CVSS score of 4.0 (Medium), this vulnerability has a network-based attack vector and high access complexity, potentially leading to partial confidentiality and integrity compromise. While not actively exploited in the wild and absent from the KEV catalog, an exploit (EDB-19487) exists for a remote overflow, though there is no recorded community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
4.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N
No social media mentions found for this CVE.
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No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.
Remediation records are not available for this CVE.