CVE-1999-1241 - Internet Explorer, with a security setting below Medium, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page that uses the FileSystemObject ActiveX object

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Internet Explorer, with a security setting below Medium, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page that uses the FileSystemObject ActiveX object

Published Sep 12, 2001

10.0

HIGH

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 14.42%

Description

Internet Explorer, with a security setting below Medium, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page that uses the FileSystemObject ActiveX object.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Weaknesses (0)

No CWE recorded.

References (2)

http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/NT/activex4.html
x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2173
vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Link	Providers	Tags
http://oliver.efri.hr/~crv/security/bugs/NT/activex4.html		x_refsource_MISC
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/2173		vdb-entryx_refsource_XF

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner mitre

Published Sep 12, 2001

Updated Aug 1, 2024

Reserved Aug 31, 2001

Link CVE-1999-1241

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-1999-1241

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

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