PT-2008-4591 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Kuza55 · Published 2008-07-14 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2008-3173

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions: Microsoft Internet Explorer (affected versions not specified)

Description: The issue allows web sites to set cookies for domains that have a public suffix with more than one dot character. This could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session.

Recommendations: At the moment, there is no information about a newer version that contains a fix for this vulnerability.

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2008-3173

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 4

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-3173 · Security Note
• http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43950 · Note
• http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html · Note