CVE-2008-3170

high

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.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43839

http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444

http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html

http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020539

http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30192

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338

http://secunia.com/advisories/31128

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html

http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/07/some-random-safari-notes.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2008-07-14

Updated: 2017-08-08

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.1

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:R/S:U/C:L/I:H/A:N

Severity: High