CVEvulnerability

CVE-2001-0722

6.4 MEDIUM Published 2001-12-06 Modified 2026-06-16 Official page ↗

Status: Modified
Published: 2001-12-06
Last modified: 2026-06-16
Assigner: [email protected]
CVSS 2.0 ([email protected]): 6.4 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

Description

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."

Affected configurations

• microsoft internet explorer 5.5 • microsoft internet explorer 6.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100527618108521&w=2 marc.info
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-016.shtml www.ciac.org
http://www.osvdb.org/1982 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/221612 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3513 www.securityfocus.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-055 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7486 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100527618108521&w=2 marc.info
http://www.ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-016.shtml www.ciac.org
http://www.osvdb.org/1982 www.osvdb.org
http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/221612 Exploit, Patch, Vendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3513 www.securityfocus.com
https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-055 docs.microsoft.com
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7486 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com