# CVE-1999-1472: Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynam

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2002-03-09 · Updated: 2024-08-01

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## Description

Internet Explorer 4.0 allows remote attackers to read arbitrary text and HTML files on the user's machine via a small IFRAME that uses Dynamic HTML (DHTML) to send the data to the attacker, aka the Freiburg text-viewing issue.

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## Related

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## References

- http://www.microsoft.com/Windows/ie/security/freiburg.asp
- http://www.osvdb.org/7819
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/7/94.asp
- http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/q176/6/97.asp
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=87710897923098&w=2
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/587
- http://www.insecure.org/sploits/Internet_explorer_4.0.hack.html

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