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CVE-1999-1235

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.6 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 2.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2001-09-12 · updated 2026-06-16

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 products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer 11: 5.0

References

• http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind9904&L=NTBUGTRAQ&P=R179
• http://packetderm.cotse.com/mailing-lists/ntbugtraq/1999/0364.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3289
• http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/default.asp?pid=36&sid=1&A2=ind9904&L=NTBUGTRAQ&P=R179
• http://packetderm.cotse.com/mailing-lists/ntbugtraq/1999/0364.html
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/3289

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