CVE-2001-0722

Severity

64%

Complexity

99%

Confidentiality

81%

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript in an about: URL, aka the "First Cookie Handling Vulnerability."

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript in an about: URL, aka the "First Cookie Handling Vulnerability."

CVSS 2.0 Base Score 6.4. CVSS Attack Vector: network. CVSS Attack Complexity: low. CVSS Vector: (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N).

Overview

Type

Microsoft

First reported 23 years ago

2001-12-06 05:00:00

Last updated 6 years ago

2018-10-12 21:30:00

Affected Software

Microsoft ie 5.5

5.5

Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0

6.0

References

20011108 Microsoft IE cookies readable via about: URLS

M-016

1982

20011019 Minor IE vulnerability: about: URLs

Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory

3513

MS01-055

ie-about-cookie-information(7486)

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