Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Dec 31, 1999· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-1999-1472
CVE-1999-1472
Description
Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue.
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Affected products
1- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Patches
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References
7- support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.aspnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.aspnvdPatchVendor Advisory
- www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.htmlnvdExploitPatchVendor Advisory
- marc.infonvd
- www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.aspnvd
- www.osvdb.org/7819nvd
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587nvd
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