HTTPS and BASIC authentication

Question

When I use HTTP BASIC authentication along with HTTPS, are the username and password securely passed to the server?

I would be happy if you can help me with some ref

Answer 1

If a tool like Fiddler is installed on your local system, it could be used to forward your https transmissions decrypted to a third party. If someone sets it up to do this, they already own your system (either have physical access or full/root access).