CVE-1999-0858

MediumCVSS 5.0/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

Description

Internet Explorer 5 allows a remote attacker to modify the IE client's proxy configuration via a malicious Web Proxy Auto-Discovery (WPAD) server.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.0/10AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Weakness enumeration

CWE-16

Affected software

VendorProductVersions
n/an/an/a

References

Timeline

Published
Dec 2, 1999
Last modified
Jun 16, 2026
NVD status
Modified

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CVE-1999-0858: Medium severity, CVSS 5.0 | Vulnix