CVEvulnerability

CVE-1999-1235

4.6 MEDIUM Published 1999-08-25 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
1999-08-25
Last modified
2026-06-16
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
4.6 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

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.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 5.0

References