CVE-1999-1235
Internet Explorer 5.0 records the username and password for FTP servers in the URL history, which could allow (1) local users to read the information from...
- Published
- Sep 12, 2001
- Updated
- Aug 1, 2024
- Assigning CNA
- mitre
- Evidence observed
- Aug 25, 1999
Primary CVSS
nvd · CVSS 2.0
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:PLow · next 30 days
- Percentile
- 85.3%
- Model date
- Sep 21, 2026
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Summary
Internet Explorer 5.0 records the username and password for FTP servers in the URL history, which could allow (1) local users to read the information from another user's index.dat, or (2) people who are physically observing ("shoulder surfing") another user to read the information from the status bar when the user moves the mouse over a link.
Sources
1Makoto Shiotsuki · windows · Aug 25, 1999
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