CVE-1999-0891 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 5, where its "download behavior" feature could be abused by remote attackers to read arbitrary files on a user's system. This medium-severity flaw (CVSS 5.0) has a high FAUCET Risk Score of 98/100, indicating significant potential for impact despite its age. While there is no evidence of active exploitation or KEV listing, public exploit code exists on ExploitDB, and its EPSS score suggests a higher-than-average likelihood of exploitation. Community discussion and media coverage for this vulnerability are minimal.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
5.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
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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.