CVE-1999-0487: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 13.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The DHTML Edit ActiveX control in Internet Explorer allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files.

Affected products

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

Published 1999-05-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.