CVE-1999-0891: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.0. EPSS: 42.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The "download behavior" in Internet Explorer 5 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary files via a server-side redirect.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.0 only

Published 1999-09-01. Last modified 2026-06-16.