Unrated severityNVD Advisory· Published Aug 9, 2011· Updated Jun 16, 2026
CVE-2008-7295
CVE-2008-7295
Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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.
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Affected products
2cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*+ 1 more
- cpe:2.3:a:microsoft:internet_explorer:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
- (no CPE)
Patches
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References
5- bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cginvdPatch
- code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2nvd
- michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.htmlnvd
- scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.htmlnvd
- scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.htmlnvd
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