CVE-2001-0898

Opera 5.0/5.1 - Same Origin Policy Circumvention

Severity Score

8.6

*CVSS v3

Exploit Likelihood

*EPSS

Affected Versions

*CPE

Public Exploits

*Multiple Sources

Exploited in Wild

*KEV

Decision

*SSVC

Descriptions

Opera 6.0 and earlier allows remote attackers to access sensitive information such as cookies and links for other domains via Javascript that uses setTimeout to (1) access data after a new window to the domain has been opened or (2) access data via about:cache.

*Credits: N/A

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Privileges Required

None

User Interaction

None

Scope

Changed

Confidentiality

High

Integrity

None

Availability

None

Attack Vector

Network

Attack Complexity

Low

Authentication

None

Confidentiality

Partial

Integrity

None

Availability

None

* Common Vulnerability Scoring System

SSVC

Decision:-

Exploitation

Automatable

Tech. Impact

* Organization's Worst-case Scenario

Timeline

2001-11-15 CVE Published
2001-11-15 First Exploit
2002-01-31 CVE Reserved
2024-08-08 CVE Updated
2025-03-30 EPSS Updated
---------- Exploited in Wild
---------- KEV Due Date

CWE

CAPEC

References (5)

URL	Tag	Source
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100586079932284&w=2	Mailing List
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100588139312696&w=2	Mailing List
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7567.php	Vdb Entry
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3553	Vdb Entry

URL	Date	SRC
https://www.exploit-db.com/exploits/21156	2001-11-15

URL	Date	SRC

URL	Date	SRC

Affected Vendors, Products, and Versions

Vendor		Product				Version		Other		Status
Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status	<-- -->	Vendor	Product	Version	Other	Status
Opera Software Search vendor "Opera Software"		Opera Web Browser Search vendor "Opera Software" for product "Opera Web Browser"				<= 6.0 Search vendor "Opera Software" for product "Opera Web Browser" and version " <= 6.0"		-		Affected