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A vulnerability was found in Microsoft Internet Explorer (Web Browser) (affected version unknown) and classified as critical. This issue affects an unknown functionality of the component Cookie Handler. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. The summary by CVE is:
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.
The weakness was published 07/14/2008 (Website). The advisory is shared at xforce.iss.net. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2008-3173. The attack may be initiated remotely. No form of authentication is needed for a successful exploitation. It demands that the victim is doing some kind of user interaction. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.
Upgrading eliminates this vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the vulnerability database at X-Force (43950).
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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Exploiting
Class: Access controlCWE: CWE-264
ATT&CK: T1068
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Remote: Yes
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Timeline
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Sources
Vendor: microsoft.comAdvisory: xforce.iss.net
Status: Not defined
CVE: CVE-2008-3173 (🔍)
X-Force: 43950
Vulnerability Center: 18931 - Internet Explorer Before 6 SP1 Cross-Site Cooking Vulnerability Allows Hijacking a User\x27s Session, Medium
Entry
Created: 03/17/2015 12:19Updated: 08/01/2021 12:38
Changes: 03/17/2015 12:19 (48), 04/07/2017 12:09 (7), 08/01/2021 12:38 (2)
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