CVE-1999-1575

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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.

Published: 1999-09-10 Last update: 2026-06-16 Assigner: [email protected] Source: [email protected]
NVD Status：Modified，CVE State: published
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CVE-1999-1575 is rated High Exploit Risk (68.7/100): CVSS Medium severity, with high exploitation likelihood (EPSS 35.63%, 98th percentile). 4 public exploit reference(s) are indexed (Exploit-DB). Public exploits are available—assess exposure, apply mitigations, and prioritize patching.

Risk is dynamic; we continuously reassess and refresh what is shown on this page as upstream context changes.

Public exploit references (Exploit-DB) for CVE-1999-1575

EDB-ID Source Kind Published Link
19521 exploit_db edb 1999-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗
19515 exploit_db edb 1999-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗
19528 exploit_db edb 1999-09-27 Exploit-DB ↗
— nvd_ref exploit_tag Exploit-DB ↗

Exploit prediction scoring system (EPSS) score for CVE-1999-1575

EPSS lead: Daily EPSS estimates relative likelihood of exploitation; percentile ranks this CVE among scored vulnerabilities (higher = more severe relative rank).

# Date Old EPSS score New EPSS score Delta (New - Old)
1 2026-06-15 36.70% 35.63% -1.07%
2 2026-02-07 22.56% 36.70% +14.14%
3 2025-05-20 — 22.56% —

Full EPSS history (12 records total)

Common vulnerability scoring system (CVSS) metrics for CVE-1999-1575

CVSS metrics for this CVE.

Base score Version Severity Vector Exploitability Impact Score source
5.1 2.0 MEDIUM
AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P Click to expand
Access vector (AV:N)
Can be exploited remotely over network reachability.
Access complexity (AC:H)
Exploitation requires uncommon or highly specific conditions.
Authentication (AU:N)
No authentication is required.
Confidentiality impact (C:P)
Partial confidentiality impact.
Integrity impact (I:P)
Partial integrity impact.
Availability impact (A:P)
Partial availability impact.
 4.9 6.4 [email protected]

Weakness enumeration for CVE-1999-1575

Affected software / configurations for CVE-1999-1575

Vendor Product Version Raw CPE
microsoft internet_explorer 4.0.1 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:4.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0 cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

References for CVE-1999-1575

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