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Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Jul 14, 2008· Updated Jun 16, 2026

CVE-2008-3173

CVE-2008-3173

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.

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Affected products

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  • Microsoft/Internet Explorer2 versions
    cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
    • cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
    • (no CPE)

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