CVE-2001-0723: Microsoft Internet Explorer

Medium severity, CVSS 6.4. EPSS: 11.4% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days.

Internet Explorer 5.5 and 6.0 allows remote attackers to read and modify user cookies via Javascript, aka the "Second Cookie Handling Vulnerability."

Affected products

• Microsoft Internet Explorer: version 5.5 only; version 6.0 only

Published 2001-11-14. Last modified 2026-06-16.