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- Price: Update
- Operating system: Windows 95/98/2000/XP/NT
- Date added: November 15, 2001
- Total Downloads: 106
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From Microsoft :This update resolves the "Cookie Data in IE Can Be Exposed or Altered Through Script Injection" security vulnerability in Internet Explorer 5.5 SP2 and Internet Explorer 6.0, and is discussed in Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-055. Download now to prevent a malicious user from reading the contents of cookies on your machine, which might contain personal information, or even altering the contents of the cookies on your machine, by hosting a Web page with a maliciously crafted URL. This URL can be hosted on a Web page or contained in an HTML e-mail.
For more information on this issue, read Microsoft Security Bulletin MS01-055.
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