CVE-1999-0379

High CVSS 7.5

Published 1999-02-22 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-0379, which normally means it is not a Windows CVE. For non-Microsoft software the fix is the vendor's own updated release, and the affected versions are listed below.

What it is

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.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-0379

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