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CVE-1999-1235 (GCVE-0-1999-1235)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2001-09-12 04:00 – Updated: 2024-08-01 17:02
VLAI
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.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
References
URL Tags
http://packetderm.cotse.com/mailing-lists/ntbugtr… mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://ntbugtraq.ntadvice.com/default.asp?pid=36&… mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQ
Date Public
1999-03-31 00:00
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