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."
Public exploits
Exploit or proof-of-concept code for this vulnerability is publicly available, which lowers the bar for attackers. Treat it as a reason to patch sooner.
Third-party code, not reviewed by us. Public PoCs are sometimes fake or contain malware. Read the code first and run it only in an isolated lab, against systems you are authorised to test.
Exploit-DB 1
- Microsoft Internet Explorer 5/6 - Cookie Disclosure/Modification EDB-21144 · remote · Nov 9, 2001 · verified
Sources: PoC-in-GitHub, Metasploit Framework, Exploit-DB — updated daily. Only links are listed; no exploit code is hosted here.
References
- 20011108 Microsoft IE cookies readable via about: URLS mailing-list
- ie-about-cookie-information(7486) vdb-entry
- 3513 vdb-entry
- MS01-055 vendor-advisory
- 1982 vdb-entry
- M-016 third-party-advisory government-resource
- 20011019 Minor IE vulnerability: about: URLs mailing-list