CVE-2008-3173
medium · 6.8Microsoft 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.
6.8
CVSS
11.3%
EPSS (exploit prob.)
96th
EPSS percentile
2008-07-14
Published
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Weaknesses
CWE-264
Affected products
| Vendor | Product | Affected versions |
|---|---|---|
| microsoft | internet_explorer | all versions |
Check a specific version with /api/v1/cve/match.
References
- http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html
- http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43950
- http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html
- http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43950
Query this programmatically:
curl https://evil-db.io/api/v1/cve/CVE-2008-3173