CVE-1999-1575

Status: ModifiedMedium (5.1)—💥 Exploit

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.

CVSS

Version: 2.0
Vector: AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Base score: 5.1

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

Probability of exploitation in the next 30 days: 36%
Percentile among all scored CVEs: 98
Score date: 10/10/2026

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

💥 Public exploits

Exploit code or detection templates are publicly available. This is not the same as confirmed active exploitation (KEV), but it raises the risk: patch with priority.

Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (Windows 95/NT 4.0) - Setupctl ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (9/27/1999)
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/4.0.1 - hhopen OLE Control Buffer Overflow (9/27/1999)
Published on Exploit-DB · Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1/5 - Registration Wizard Buffer Overflow (9/27/1999)

Affected technologies (1)

Microsoft — Internet Explorer

CWEs

NVD-CWE-Other

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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