# CVE-2001-0332: Internet Explorer 5.5 and earlier does not properly verify the domain of a frame within a browser window, which allows remote web site opera

- Severity: no CVSS score reported
- Known exploited (CISA KEV): no
- Published: 2001-05-24 · Updated: 2024-08-08

## Affected

- n/a: version range not reported

## 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 using MSScriptControl.ScriptControl and GetObject, aka a variant of the "Frame Domain Verification" vulnerability.

## What to do

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## References

- https://docs.microsoft.com/en-us/security-updates/securitybulletins/2001/ms01-027
- http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=98609031517525&w=2

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