CVE-1999-1235Internet Explorer 5.0 records the username and password for FTP servers in the URL history, which could allow (1) local users to read the…
- 4.6MediumCVSS base score
- 2.7%Exploitation in 30 daysEPSS · top 14% of all CVEs
- NoKnown exploitednot in CISA's KEV catalog
- 1Public exploitsMetasploit, Nuclei and Exploit-DB
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.
Public exploit
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Exploit-DB1 entry
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5 - FTP Password Storage (Exploit-DB entry) (opens in a new tab)
EDB-ID 19473local, windowspublished 25 Aug 1999Verified
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Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
- 12 days later
· 12 days later
Published
- 23 years later
· 23 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium4.6 | AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 2.7% · top 14% of all CVEs (12 Nov 2026)
The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 4.6.
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References
References3
- 19990825 IE5 FTP password exposure & index.dat null ACL problem (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
- nt-ie5-user-ftp-password(3289) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 19990331 Minor Bug in IE5.0 (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_NTBUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- EUVD EUVD-1999-1216 (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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