CVE-2008-3173

Medium

Description

Microsoft Internet Explorer allows web sites to set cookies for domains that have a public suffix with more than one dot character, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking." NOTE: this issue may exist because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2004-0866.

SeverityMedium
CVSS6.8
Exploit probability—
ProductMicrosoft Internet Explorer
PublishedJul 14, 2008
First seenJul 14, 2008

How to fix

Sources list no fixed version or patch link for this vulnerability.

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ProductAffected versionsFixed in
microsoft internet_explorerNo range specified—

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