CVE-1999-0981

MediumCVSS 5.1/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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."

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 5.1/10AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-59

Affected software

Vendor	Product	Versions
n/a	n/a	n/a

References

Timeline

Published: Dec 8, 1999
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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