CVE-1999-1235: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 4.6. EPSS: 2.7% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

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.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.0 only

Published 1999-08-25. Last modified 2026-06-16.