CVE-2008-3173

MediumCVSS 6.8/10Last modified Jun 16, 2026

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.

Metrics

CVSS 2.0 6.8/10AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Weakness enumeration

CWE-264

Affected software

No affected versions have been published.

Timeline

Published: Jul 14, 2008
Last modified: Jun 16, 2026
NVD status: Modified

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