CVE-1999-1575

Summary

CVE-1999-1575 is a vulnerability affecting several ActiveX controls in Internet Explorer 4.01 and 5.0, including imgedit.ocx, imgscan.ocx, imgthumb.ocx, imgadmin.ocx, hhopen.ocx, regwizc.dll, and setupctl.dll. These components, which are used for image editing, scanning, thumbnail creation, administration, and registration, are incorrectly marked as "Safe for Scripting." This misconfiguration enables remote attackers to manipulate files and execute arbitrary commands.

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