CVE-2001-0722
Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via...
CVE-2001-0722 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 6.4) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published December 6, 2001. Public exploit code exists. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 27.6%, the 98th percentile. No source names a fixed version.
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."
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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."
- Record
CVE-2001-0722- CVSS 2.0
- 6.4 Medium
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N - Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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."
- Record
CVE-2001-0722- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2001-0708 No score
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."
- Record
EUVD-2001-0708- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-mm32-hgw5-cw3m No score
Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via...
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."
- Record
GHSA-mm32-hgw5-cw3m- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
Public exploits
Links only. Every CVE stores no exploit code.
| Source | Link | Date |
|---|---|---|
| Exploit-DB | Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Cookie Disclosure/Modification | 2001-11-09 |
History
| When | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| 2026-11-03 | aliases | EUVD |
| 2026-11-02 | created | CVE List, Exploit-DB, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
References
marc.info?l=bugtraq&m=100527618108521&w=2
exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/7486
securityfocus.com/bid/3513
docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-055
osvdb.org/1982
ciac.org/ciac/bulletins/m-016.shtml
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2001-0722
github.com/advisories/GHSA-mm32-hgw5-cw3m