Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6 and 7 embeds FTP credentials in HTML files that are retrieved during an FTP session, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading the HTML source, as demonstrated by a (1) .htm, (2) .html, or (3) .mht file.
References (3)
Core 3
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://blog.washingtonpost.com/securityfix/2007/08/ftp_files_expose_web_site_cred.html
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry
x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/36400
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory
x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/26427
Scores
EPSS
0.0562
EPSS Percentile
92.2%
Details
Status
published
Products (2)
microsoft/internet_explorer
6
microsoft/internet_explorer
7
Published
Aug 15, 2007
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026