# CVE-1999-1380: Code injection in n/a

> Remote attackers can execute arbitrary commands via a malicious web page exploiting an unsafe ActiveX control in Norton Utilities.

- **Severity:** Medium 5.1 (`AV:N/AC:H/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Not needed
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 9 Mar 2002
- **Updated:** 1 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-rr53-c8w6-c9v3

## What is CVE-1999-1380?

CVE-1999-1380 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

Symantec Norton Utilities 2.0 for Windows 95 marks the TUNEOCX.OCX ActiveX control as safe for scripting, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary commands via the run option through malicious web pages that are accessed by browsers such as Internet Explorer 3.0.

## Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1380?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Symantec Norton Utilities.

## How do I fix CVE-1999-1380?

No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1380 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-1999-1380 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in n/a

- [CVE-2018-5235](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2018-5235/): Other in Norton Utilities (medium 6.0)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-1999-1380 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-1999-1380 is a medium-severity code injection vulnerability in n/a, published on 9 Mar 2002. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-1999-1380 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: n/a. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1380/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-1999-1380/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-1999-1380
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-1999-1380
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-1999-1380

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