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CVE-2000-0982

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.

Published: Dec 19, 2000 Modified: Apr 16, 2026

CVSS Metrics

Affected Products (5)

Vendor Product Version
microsoft internet_explorer 4.0
microsoft internet_explorer 4.0.1
microsoft internet_explorer 4.1
microsoft internet_explorer 5.0
microsoft internet_explorer 5.01

GitHub Security Advisory GHSA-cjx3-6mg3-8jgm

Internet Explorer before 5.5 forwards cached user credentials for a secure web site to insecure...

Risk Scores

CVSS Score 7.5 / 10
EPSS Score 10.21%

Top 7% most likely to be exploited

Threat Score 33.1 / 100

Data Sources

NVD EPSS GitHub