CVE-1999-1575: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 5.1. EPSS: 35.6% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

The Kodak/Wang (1) Image Edit (imgedit.ocx), (2) Image Annotation (imgedit.ocx), (3) Image Scan (imgscan.ocx), (4) Thumbnail Image (imgthumb.ocx), (5) Image Admin (imgadmin.ocx), (6) HHOpen (hhopen.ocx), (7) Registration Wizard (regwizc.dll), and (8) IE Active Setup (setupctl.dll) ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer (IE) 4.01 and 5.0 are marked as "Safe for Scripting," which allows remote attackers to create and modify files and execute arbitrary commands.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 4.0.1 only; version 5.0 only

Published 1999-09-10. Last modified 2026-06-16.