CVE-1999-0012: Microsoft Frontpage

High severity, CVSS 7.0. EPSS: 18.5% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Some web servers under Microsoft Windows allow remote attackers to bypass access restrictions for files with long file names.

Affected products

  • Microsoft Frontpage: any version
  • Microsoft Internet Information Server: version 4.0 only
  • Microsoft Personal Web Server: version 4.0 only
  • Netscape Enterprise Server: version 3.0 only
  • Netscape Fasttrack Server: version 2.01 only; version 3.01 only

Published 1998-02-06. Last modified 2026-06-16.