First published: Fri Jan 01 1999(Updated: )
The Forms 2.0 ActiveX control (included with Visual Basic for Applications 5.0) can be used to read text from a user's clipboard when the user accesses documents with ActiveX content.
Credit: cve@mitre.org cve@mitre.org
Affected Software | Affected Version | How to fix |
---|---|---|
Microsoft Visual Basic SDK | =5.0 | |
Microsoft Office | =98 | |
Microsoft Project 2013 | =98 | |
Microsoft Outlook | =98 | |
Microsoft Windows NT | ||
Microsoft Windows 2000 |
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CVE-1999-0384 is classified as a moderate severity vulnerability.
CVE-1999-0384 allows malicious ActiveX content to read a user's clipboard data.
CVE-1999-0384 affects Microsoft Office 98, Outlook 98, Project Professional 98, and Visual Basic 5.0.
To mitigate CVE-1999-0384, users should avoid running untrusted ActiveX controls.
There are no specific patches for CVE-1999-0384; users should employ good security practices.