CVE-1999-1087

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Summary

CVECVE-1999-1087
StatePUBLISHED
Assignermitre
Source PriorityCVE Program / NVD first with legacy fallback
Published1999-12-31 05:00:00 UTC
Updated2025-04-03 01:03:51 UTC
DescriptionInternet Explorer 4 treats a 32-bit number ("dotless IP address") in the a URL as the hostname instead of an IP address, which causes IE to apply Local Intranet Zone settings to the resulting web page, allowing remote malicious web servers to conduct unauthorized activities by using URLs that contain the dotless IP address for their server.

Risk And Classification

Primary CVSS: v2.0 7.5 from [email protected]

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Problem Types: NVD-CWE-Other | n/a

CVSS v2.0 Breakdown

Access Vector
Network
Access Complexity
Low
Authentication
None
Confidentiality
Partial
Integrity
Partial
Availability
Partial

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

NVD Known Affected Configurations (CPE 2.3)

TypeVendorProductVersionUpdateEditionLanguage
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 All All All
Application Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.0.1 sp1 All All

Vendor Declared Affected Products

SourceVendorProductVersionPlatforms
CNA Na N/a affected n/a Not specified

References

ReferenceSourceLinkTags
IBM X-Force Exchange af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
www.osvdb.org/7828 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.osvdb.org
Microsoft Security Bulletin MS98-016 - Critical | Microsoft Docs af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 docs.microsoft.com
Q168617 - Update Available for Dotless IP Address Security Issue af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 support.microsoft.com Patch, Vendor Advisory
"Dotless IP Address" Patch, October 23, 1998 af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108 www.microsoft.com
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NVD vulnerability detail NVD nvd.nist.gov canonical, analysis

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