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CVE-1999-0489

CVE detail

CVE-1999-0489

MSHTML.DLL in Internet Explorer 5.0 allows a remote attacker to paste a file name into the file upload intrinsic control, a variant of "untrusted scripted paste" as described in MS:MS98-013.

CVSS 10.0 · CriticalBuzz score 4.01 OTX pulses

Buzz score

Why this CVE is surfacing

Buzz score total 4.0

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Buzz score components · mention 0.0 · diversity 0.0 · KEV 0.0 · OTX 4.0 · PoC 0.0

Mention score

0.0

0 evidence mentions in the snapshot

Diversity score

0.0

0 sources across 0 categories

KEV score

0.0

No KEV entry observed

OTX score

4.0

1 OTX pulses

PoC score

0.0

0 repos · best confidence N/A

Best PoC traction

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Why it matters now

Mention timeline

Total mentions: 0; within the 30d window
Peak daily: 0; highest bucket

Evidence

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Exploit code

Public exploit repository references

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External lookup

Potential internet exposure

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Metadata

Canonical fields

NVD status

Unavailable

Published

May 17, 1999

Modified

Jun 16, 2026

Official record

Authoritative NVD record

CVSS vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:C/A:C

CWE IDs

Unavailable

Vendor classifications

How this vector reads

CVSS 2.0 base metrics decoded below. This explanation does not recalculate or change the NVD score.

Access Vector (AV): Network. The vulnerable system can be reached across network boundaries.
Access Complexity (AC): Low. No special conditions beyond the attacker-controlled steps are required.
Authentication (Au): None. The attacker does not need to authenticate.
Confidentiality Impact (C): Complete. There is a total impact to this security property.
Integrity Impact (I): Complete. There is a total impact to this security property.
Availability Impact (A): Complete. There is a total impact to this security property.

Signals

Exploitation indicators

1 stored signals · no KEV · 1 OTX pulses

OTXOTX
- author_name: Disable_Duck
- created: 2025-01-31T02:24:06.979000+00:00
- description: https://cve.mitre.org/data/refs/refmap/source-MS.html Notes This reference map lists the various references for MS and provides the associated CVE entries or candidates. It uses data from CVE version 20061101 and candidates that were active as of 2024-06-25. Note that the list of references may not be complete.
- name: CVE -CVE Reference Map for Source MS - Curios RE active candidates CVE version 20061101
- pulse_id: 679c3446de4f362fac9217f9
- tags:
- url: https://otx.alienvault.com/pulse/679c3446de4f362fac9217f9
Observed Jan 31, 2025, 2:24 AM