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Fencer Vulns
medium 6.4

CVE-2001-0722 json

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 Cooki…

published 2001-12-06 24 y ago modified 2026-06-16 4 mo ago also EUVD-2001-0708

cvss
6.4
version 2.0, NVD
cisa kev
Not listed
not in CISA's catalog
epss
27.6%
EPSS 27.6% chance of exploitation in 30 days, percentile 98%
public exploits
1
Exploit-DB

Summary

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."

Patch / fix

Timeline

  1. First public exploit (EDB-21144)
  2. Published

Exploit prediction

27.64% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 98% of all scored CVEs (FIRST EPSS, 2026-11-08).

Exploits and checks

  • EDB-21144 Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Cookie Disclosure/Modification remote, 2001-11-09
  • securityfocus.com http://www.securityfocus.com/archive/1/221612 referenced PoC, tagged "exploit" by a source, unverified

CVSS scores

assigned by version score vector
NVD 2.0 6.4 AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N

References

Sources

Fencer Vulns keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA, and records that alias each other are merged, except that two CVEs always keep separate entries. The same data is available as JSON.