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CVE-2001-0722
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…
Medium6.4EPSS 27.6%
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- mitre
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."
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.4 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 27.6% · top 1.9% of all CVEs (2 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.4.
Weakness
- n/a
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- 20011108 Microsoft IE cookies readable via about: URLS (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
- ie-about-cookie-information(7486) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- 3513 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- MS01-055 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_MSx_transferred
- 1982 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- M-016 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisorygovernment-resourcex_refsource_CIACx_transferred
- 20011019 Minor IE vulnerability: about: URLs (opens in a new tab)mailing-listx_refsource_BUGTRAQx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
Record last updated .