Security Advisory

CVE-1999-1235

CVE vulnerability detail — eXtreme Datacenter Security Operations

Published 2001-09-12 04:00:00
Last updated 2024-08-01 17:02:53
Assigner mitre
State PUBLISHED

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 users 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.