Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5 - File Disclosure

source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/2833/info Internet Explorer contains a flaw which could enable a remote web site operator to retrieve a known file from a visiting user's system. If a specially formed script containing GetObject function with the known path to an existing file is embedde...

[[email protected]: bin/21704: enabling fingerd makes files world readable]

----- Forwarded message from [email protected] ----- From: [email protected] To: [email protected] Subject: bin/21704: enabling fingerd makes files world readable Number: 21704 Category: bin Synopsis: enabling fingerd makes files world readable Confidential: no Severity: serious Priority...

cache-control.txt

executive summary HTTP cache-control headers such as If-Modified-Since allow servers to track individual users in a manner similar to cookies, but with less constraints. This is a problem for user privacy against which browsers currently provide little protection. problem statement Alice is...

CVE-1999-0592

CVE-1999-0592 affects Windows NT by exposing the name of the last user who logged in in the Logon box. Connected records corroborate the issue but do not provide version-specific affected products, patches, or mitigations. No remediation details are included in the supplied documents.

CVE-1999-0592

The Logon box of a Windows NT system displays the name of the last user who logged in...

Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 (Windows 95/98/2000/NT 4.0) - XML HTTP Redirect

MS IE 5.0 for Windows 2000/Windows 95/Windows 98/Windows NT 4 XML HTTP Redirect Vulnerability source: https://www.securityfocus.com/bid/815/info A vulnerability in the method IE5 uses to process XML data may allow a malicious web site owner to read files on a visiting user's computer. A web page...