CVE-2000-0982 Information disclosure in n/a
Internet Explorer leaks cached credentials to insecure pages, allowing attackers to steal sensitive user data.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2000-0982?
CVE-2000-0982 is a high-severity vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published on 22 Jan 2001. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official 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.
Which versions are affected by CVE-2000-0982?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2000-0982?
No fix has been published for CVE-2000-0982 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Is CVE-2000-0982 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2000-0982 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Microsoft Internet Explorer
- CVE-2014-1776 Microsoft Internet Explorer Memory Corruption
- 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-cjx3-6mg3-8jgm.