CVE-1999-1575The Kodak/Wang (1) Image Edit (imgedit.ocx), (2) Image Annotation (imgedit.ocx), (3) Image Scan (imgscan.ocx), (4) Thumbnail Image…
- 5.1MediumCVSS base score
- 35.6%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 1.5% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 3Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
Description
The Kodak/Wang (1) Image Edit (imgedit.ocx), (2) Image Annotation (imgedit.ocx), (3) Image Scan (imgscan.ocx), (4) Thumbnail Image (imgthumb.ocx), (5) Image Admin (imgadmin.ocx), (6) HHOpen (hhopen.ocx), (7) Registration Wizard (regwizc.dll), and (8) IE Active Setup (setupctl.dll) ActiveX controls for Internet Explorer (IE) 4.01 and 5.0 are marked as "Safe for Scripting," which allows remote attackers to create and modify files and execute arbitrary commands.
Public exploit
An exploit or proof of concept is public: anyone can try it against an unpatched system. The public collections list 3 Exploit-DB entries for it.
Show the exploits3
Exploit-DB3 entries
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4 (Windows 95/NT 4.0) - Setupctl ActiveX Control Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19515remote, windowspublished 27 Sept 1999Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.0/4.0.1 - hhopen OLE Control Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19521remote, windowspublished 27 Sept 1999Verified
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 4.1/5 - Registration Wizard Buffer Overflow (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19528local, windowspublished 27 Sept 1999Verified
Modules, templates and exploits as listed by the Metasploit Framework (BSD-3-Clause), ProjectDiscovery's Nuclei templates (MIT) and the Exploit Database (GPLv2), read once a day. Where the data comes from
Timeline
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Published
- 19 years later
· 19 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.1 | AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 35.6% · top 1.5% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.1.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References8
- VU#41408 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#24839 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- MS99-037 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- VU#26924 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- VU#9162 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
- wang-kodak-activex-control(7097) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19990924 Several ActiveX Buffer Overruns (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- VU#23412 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_CERT-VNx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-1556 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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