PT-2004-1913 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Published 2004-09-16 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2004-0866

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

7.5

High

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Internet Explorer version 6.0

Description: The issue allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains, which could enable remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session.

Recommendations: For Internet Explorer version 6.0, consider disabling the ability to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains as a temporary workaround until a patch is available. Restrict access to sensitive information to minimize the risk of session hijacking.

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2004-0866

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 5

• http://securityfocus.com/bid/11186 · Vendor Advisory
• http://securitytracker.com/id?1011332 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2004-0866 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/17415 · Note
• http://marc.info/?l=bugtraq&m=109536612321898&w=2 · Note