CVE-1999-1110

Medium CVSS 5

Published 1999-11-14 · last changed 2026-06-16

The fix

We hold no Microsoft remediation data for CVE-1999-1110, 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

Windows Media Player ActiveX object as used in Internet Explorer 5.0 returns a specific error code when a file does not exist, which allows remote malicious web sites to determine the existence of files on the client.

Sources

NVD record for CVE-1999-1110

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