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CVE-2008-3173
Microsoft Internet Explorer allows web sites to set cookies for domains that have a public suffix with more than one dot character, which…
Medium6.8EPSS 11.3%
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- mitre
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.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 11.3% · top 4.0% of all CVEs (3 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 6.8.
Weakness
Affected products
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- affected n/a
References (3)
- http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
- microsoft-ie-cookie-session-hijacking(43950) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
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- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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