CVE-2001-0898

Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 3.1% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: yes
Published: 2001-11-15 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

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.

Affected products

Opera Software Opera Web Browser: through 6.0

References

http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100586079932284&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100588139312696&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7567.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3553
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100586079932284&w=2
http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=100588139312696&w=2
http://www.iss.net/security_center/static/7567.php
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/3553

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