PT-2011-1287 · Microsoft · Internet Explorer

Adam Barth + 5 · Published 2011-08-09 · Updated 2021-07-23 · CVE-2008-7295

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.8

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to Microsoft Internet Explorer's inability to properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions. This allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response. The problem is connected to the lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, which is described as a "cookie forcing" issue.

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-2008-7295

Affected Products

Internet Explorer

References · 6

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7295 · Security Note
• https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053 · Patch
• http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html · Note
• http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html · Note
• http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html · Note
• http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies · Note