CVE-1999-0981 : Detail

CVE-1999-0981

A01-Broken Access Control
3.62%V4
Network
2000-01-04
04h00 +00:00
2024-08-01
16h55 +00:00
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CVE Descriptions

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."

CVE Informations

Related Weaknesses

CWE-ID Weakness Name Source
CWE-59 Improper Link Resolution Before File Access ('Link Following')
The product attempts to access a file based on the filename, but it does not properly prevent that filename from identifying a link or shortcut that resolves to an unintended resource.

Metrics

Metrics Score Severity CVSS Vector Source
V2 5.1 AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P nvd@nist.gov

EPSS

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EPSS Score

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EPSS Percentile

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EPSS First.org

Exploit information

Exploit Database EDB-ID : 19591

Publication date : 1999-11-03 23h00 +00:00
Author : Georgi Guninski
EDB Verified : Yes

Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 for Windows 95/Windows NT 3/Windows NT 4,Internet Explorer 5.0 for Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4,Outlook 98 0 window.open Redirect Vulnerability source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/766/info If window.open is called with a target URL that redirects to a client-side file and then a variable is created pointing to the contents of the new window, the contents of the new window (the local file) can be read and possibly manipulated or transmitted by other code in the webpage. The filename and location would have to be known by the attacker, and it could only be a file that is viewable by a browser. The exploit code is: a=window.open(some URL that redirects to the local file); b=a.document;

Products Mentioned

Configuraton 0

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version To (including) 5.01

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 4.0.1

Microsoft>>Internet_explorer >> Version 5.0

References

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