CVE-2008-7294 Security feature bypass in n/a

Medium 5.8 Published Updated

Man-in-the-middle attackers can overwrite or delete HTTPS cookies via HTTP responses due to missing HSTS enforcement in Google Chrome.

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-2008-7294?

CVE-2008-7294 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Google Chrome, published on 9 Aug 2011. 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

Google Chrome before 4.0.211.0 cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in HTTPS sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to overwrite or delete arbitrary cookies via a Set-Cookie header in an HTTP response, related to lack of the HTTP Strict Transport Security (HSTS) includeSubDomains feature, aka a "cookie forcing" issue.

Weakness: CWE-264

Which versions are affected by CVE-2008-7294?

It affects 1 product.

Products include Google Chrome.

How do I fix CVE-2008-7294?

No fix has been published for CVE-2008-7294 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

Is CVE-2008-7294 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2008-7294 in the wild and no public exploit code.

All Google Chrome vulnerabilities

Sources

Also known as GHSA-mrmv-jgqh-443q.

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