CVE-2008-3173

Published: Jul 14, 2008Modified: Apr 23, 2026

6.8

Vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Exploitability: 8.6 / Impact: 6.4

Source: NVD

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.

Affected (1)

Products: Microsoft: Internet Explorer

1 product

Internet Explorer

Configuration A

1 vulnerable

Vulnerable Software	Affected Versions
Microsoft Internet Explorer	All versions

Related CWEs

References (6)

http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html

Source: cve@mitre.org

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43950

Source: cve@mitre.org

http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43950

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

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