CVE-2008-3170 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack user sessions via cookie manipulation on country-specific domains, requiring user interaction to visit a malicious site.
- Exploited in the wild
- Not known
- Login needed
- Not needed
- Attackable
- Over the internet
- Victim action needed
- A user has to click or open something
- Fix
- None listed
What is CVE-2008-3170?
CVE-2008-3170 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Apple Safari, published on 14 Jul 2008. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Official description
Apple Safari allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains, such as co.uk and com.au, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking," a related issue to CVE-2004-0746, CVE-2004-0866, and CVE-2004-0867.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3170?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Apple Safari.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3170?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3170 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.
Upgrade, and rotate credentials and sessions that may have been exposed. More about Authentication bypass.
Is CVE-2008-3170 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3170 in the wild and no public exploit code.
Other vulnerabilities in Apple Safari
Sources
Also known as GHSA-g3qc-wqfg-m6jq.