Internet Explorer 4 treats a 32-bit number ("dotless IP address") in the a URL as the hostname instead of an IP address, which causes IE to apply Local Intranet Zone settings to the resulting web page, allowing remote malicious web servers to conduct unauthorized activities by using URLs that contain the dotless IP address for their server.
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MITRE Information
Status: PUBLISHED
Assigner: mitre
Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00
Updated: 2006-09-11T00:00:00
Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00
Link: CVE-1999-1087
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NVD Information
Status : Modified
Published: 1999-12-31T05:00:00.000
Modified: 2021-07-22T13:54:11.037
Link: CVE-1999-1087
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