Is CVE-1999-1472 in the CISA KEV catalog?

No. CVE-1999-1472 is not currently on the CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities list.

What is the CVSS severity of CVE-1999-1472?

CVE-1999-1472 has a CVSS v2 base score of 5.0 (MEDIUM).

What is the EPSS score for CVE-1999-1472?

CVE-1999-1472 has an EPSS score of 16.20% (97th percentile), estimating the probability of exploitation in the next 30 days.

CVE & CISA-KEV Catalog

CVE-1999-1472

MEDIUMEPSS 97th pctl

5.0

CVSS v2

NVD

Description

Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue.

CVSS v2 Vector

No CVSS vector data available.

Exploit Intelligence

16.20%probability of exploitation in 30 days

97thpercentile

Very high risk: more likely to be exploited than 97% of all known CVEs.

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp
http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.asp
http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.html
http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp
http://www.osvdb.org/7819
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587

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This product uses NVD data but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD. EPSS scores courtesy of FIRST.org (https://www.first.org/epss). Source: CISA KEV Catalog. Data as of 2026-04-16.