Description
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.
Published: 2001-09-12
Score: 4.6 Medium
EPSS: < 1% Very Low
KEV: No
Impact: n/a
Action: n/a
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EUVD EUVD EUVD-1999-1216 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.
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Microsoft Internet Explorer
cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published:

Updated: 2024-08-01T17:02:53.918Z

Reserved: 2001-08-31T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-1999-1235

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 1999-08-25T04:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-1999-1235

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