CVE-1999-1087

Internet 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…

published March 9, 2002

CVSS
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EPSS
6%
Percentile
93.7
In the wild
Unconfirmed
What it is

Internet 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.

The record
Technical detail
CVSS
Not scored
CVSS v4.0
Not supplied
EPSS
0.06401 · 93.7th percentile
Published
2002-03-09T05:00Z
EPSS history
Timeline
  • 09 MAR 05:00Z
    Internet 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…
    cvelistv5