CVE-1999-0354: Microsoft Internet Explorer

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 5.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 4.x or 5.x with Word 97 allows arbitrary execution of Visual Basic programs to the IE client through the Word 97 template, which doesn't warn the user that the template contains executable content. Also applies to Outlook when the client views a malicious email message.

Affected products

  • Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 4.0 only; version 5.0 only
  • Microsoft Word: version 97 only

Published 1999-11-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.