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CVE-2008-3173

N/A

Published: July 14, 2008 at 11:00 PM UTC

Updated: June 16, 2026 at 10:55 PM UTC

1 product affected across 1 vendorInternet Explorer

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Severity

N/A

Exploit prediction

EPSS 11%

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

Our own answer: ranges merged, affected separated from platform-only, with confidence and review flags.

Internet Explorer · Microsoft

95%

All versions

Remediation

No guide yet

No remediation guidance has been written for this CVE yet, and no fixed version or vendor advisory is recorded against it.

References (3)

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

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

x_refsource_MISC

Source: [email protected]

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

VDB Entryx_refsource_XF

Source: [email protected]

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

CVSS

6.8MEDIUM[email protected]

Confidentiality: PARTIAL
Integrity: PARTIAL
Availability: PARTIAL

Vector?

Quick Info

StatusMODIFIED

CWE

CWE-264

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