CVEvulnerability

CVE-2000-0982

7.5 HIGH Published 2000-12-19 Modified 2026-09-23 Official page ↗
Status
Modified
Published
2000-12-19
Last modified
2026-09-23
Assigner
[email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
7.5 HIGH — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Description

Internet Explorer before 5.5 forwards cached user credentials for a secure web site to insecure pages on the same web site, which could allow remote attackers to obtain the credentials by monitoring connections to the web server, aka the "Cached Web Credentials" vulnerability.

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 4.0 • microsoft internet explorer 4.0.1 • microsoft internet explorer 4.1 • microsoft internet explorer 5.0 • microsoft internet explorer 5.01

References