CVE-2008-3173 Auth bypass in n/a
Remote attackers can hijack user sessions via cookie manipulation in Internet Explorer, 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-2008-3173?
CVE-2008-3173 is a medium-severity authentication bypass vulnerability in Microsoft Internet Explorer, 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
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.
Weakness: CWE-264
Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-3173?
It affects 1 product.
Products include Microsoft Internet Explorer.
How do I fix CVE-2008-3173?
No fix has been published for CVE-2008-3173 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-2008-3173 being exploited?
There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-3173 in the wild and no public exploit code.
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Sources
Also known as GHSA-7cj7-cgpm-7cgj.