CVE-2001-0246

MEDIUM 5.0CVE-2001-0246 · Published 27/06/2001 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2001-0246 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 5.0) vulnerability affecting internet explorer (microsoft).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 5.6%, higher than 93.0% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
internet explorer microsoft	`= 5.01≤ 5.5`	No fix yet

Description

Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows remote web site operators to read certain files on the client by sending information from a local frame to a frame in a different domain, aka a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.

References

docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-027

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