CVE-1999-1235 Information disclosure in n/a
Internet Explorer stores FTP credentials in history, allowing local users or shoulder surfers to read sensitive login information.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Local or same network only
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-1999-1235?
CVE-1999-1235 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 12 Sep 2001. It can only be exploited from the same machine or local network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-1999-1235?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-1999-1235?
No fix has been published for CVE-1999-1235 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-1999-1235 being exploited?
It is not confirmed as exploited in the wild, but public exploit code for CVE-1999-1235 exists.
Public exploit code: 1 Exploit-DB entry.
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- CVE-2021-27085 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0222 Microsoft Internet Explorer Remote Code Execution
- CVE-2017-0210 Microsoft Internet Explorer Privilege Escalation
- CVE-2017-0149 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
Sources
Also known as GHSA-v7w3-r9q2-mwx4.