CVE-1999-1474: Microsoft PowerPoint

High severity, CVSS 7.5. EPSS: 9.3% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

PowerPoint 95 and 97 allows remote attackers to cause an application to be run automatically without prompting the user, possibly through the slide show, when the document is opened in browsers such as Internet Explorer.

Affected products

• Microsoft PowerPoint: version 95 only; version 97 only

Published 1999-12-31. Last modified 2026-06-16.