CVE•Published 2000-12-19•Modified 2026-09-23•1 article on news•5 live references•NVD data
CVE-2000-0982Microsoft · Internet_explorer
Vulnerability data via NVD (ingested)
CVSS v3.1
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EPSS percentile
96
Exploit Prediction Scoring System · top 4% of all CVEs
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.
Timeline
Published 2000-12-19
Modified 2026-09-23
External references
Search for exposed instances
Shodan + Censys queries derived from NVD's CPE data. The vuln tag catches assets Shodan has explicitly linked to this CVE; the product / banner fingerprints find exposed instances even when the vuln tag was never applied (which is common).
Shodan · vuln tag0 hosts
vuln:CVE-2000-0982Hosts Shodan has explicitly fingerprinted as vulnerable.
Shodan · product + version
product:"Microsoft Internet Explorer" version:"4.0"Version-pinned fingerprint from NVD's first vulnerable CPE.
Shodan · banner/body mention
http.html:"Internet Explorer"HTTP body or banner mentions "Internet Explorer" — catches deploys Shodan didn't identify as a product.
More intel sources (5)
Shodan report
vuln:CVE-2000-0982Country / ASN / product breakdown for the vuln query.
Censys
vulnerabilities.cve_id: CVE-2000-0982Censys host search filtered to this CVE id.
grep.app
CVE-2000-0982Public source-code mentions — fast PoC discovery.
GitHub code
CVE-2000-0982GitHub code search for direct mentions.
Google dork
"CVE-2000-0982" exploit -site:nvd.nist.govWrite-ups and news, NVD excluded.
Known PoCs on GitHub
No public proof-of-concept repositories found for CVE-2000-0982 on GitHub.