CVE-1999-1128 describes a critical vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer 3.01 running on Windows 95. This flaw allows remote, malicious websites to execute arbitrary commands on a user's system by automatically downloading and running a specially crafted .isp file without any user interaction. The vulnerability carries a medium severity CVSS score of 5.1 (AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P), indicating it can be exploited remotely with high attack complexity, leading to partial confidentiality, integrity, and availability impacts. Despite its age and potential impact, there is no evidence of active exploitation, public exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
3.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:3.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
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.