CVE-2001-0722 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

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."

Published: 2002-03-09

Score: 6.4 Medium

EPSS: 52.8% High

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:5.5:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:6.0:::::::*

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Remediation

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Advisories

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No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.52781.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

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

History

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Subscriptions

Microsoft Internet Explorer

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: mitre

Published: 2002-03-09T05:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-08T04:30:06.073Z

Reserved: 2001-09-27T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2001-0722

Vulnrichment

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NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2001-12-06T05:00:00.000

Modified: 2026-04-16T00:27:16.627

Link: CVE-2001-0722

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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Weaknesses

NVD-CWE-Other

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