CVE-2001-0092: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Low severity, CVSS 2.6. EPSS: 12.2% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

A function in Internet Explorer 5.0 through 5.5 does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows a remote attacker to read client files, aka a new variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.0 only; version 5.01 only; version 5.5 only

Published 2001-02-16. Last modified 2026-06-16.