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CVE-1999-0347

Internet Explorer 4.01 allows remote attackers to read local files and spoof web pages via a "%01...

10.0 HighPublic exploit

Internet Explorer 4.01 allows remote attackers to read local files and spoof web pages via a "%01" character in an "about:" Javascript URL, which causes Internet Explorer to use the domain specified after the character.

Exploit likelihood

7.46%Up 3.3 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 10.0

Internet Explorer 4.01 allows remote attackers to read local files and spoof web pages via a "%01" character in an "about:" Javascript URL, which causes Internet Explorer to use the domain specified after the character.

Record
CVE-1999-0347
CVSS 2.0
10.0 HighAV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Internet Explorer 4.01 allows remote attackers to read local files and spoof web pages via a "%01" character in an "about:" Javascript URL, which causes Internet Explorer to use the domain specified after the character.

Record
CVE-1999-0347
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-1999-0347 No score

Internet Explorer 4.01 allows remote attackers to read local files and spoof web pages via a "%01" character in an "about:" Javascript URL, which causes Internet Explorer to use the domain specified after the character.

Record
EUVD-1999-0347
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mpqm-r86r-845w No score

Internet Explorer 4.01 allows remote attackers to read local files and spoof web pages via a "%01...

Internet Explorer 4.01 allows remote attackers to read local files and spoof web pages via a "%01" character in an "about:" Javascript URL, which causes Internet Explorer to use the domain specified after the character.

Record
GHSA-mpqm-r86r-845w
Updated
2026-11-02

Public exploits

Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.

Public exploits
SourceLinkDate
Exploit-DBMicrosoft Internet Explorer 5.0.1 - Invalid Byte Cross-Frame Access1999-01-28

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-1999-0347 is a high vulnerability (CVSS 10.0), published January 26, 1999. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 7.46%, the 94th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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