CVE-1999-0379 (GCVE-0-1999-0379)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 1999-09-29 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 16:34
VLAI
Summary
Microsoft Taskpads allows remote web sites to execute commands on the visiting user's machine via certain methods that are marked as Safe for Scripting.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://www.osvdb.org/1019 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MS
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/498 vdb-entryx_refsource_BID
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