THREATPORT/VULNERABILITY/CVE-2008-7295
MEDIUM SEVERITY

CVE-2008-7295

Internet Explorer vulnerability

CVSS
5.8
EPSS
5.1%
EPSS pct
91th
Exploited
No known
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.
Affected vendor
Microsoft
Affected product
Internet Explorer
CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P
Weakness type (CWE)
  • CWE-264 — Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
Published
2011-08-09

Risk analysis

Based on its CVSS vector, this vulnerability is exploitable over the network, medium attack complexity, requiring no authentication. Successful exploitation leads to partial impact to integrity, partial impact to availability.

Its EPSS score of 5.1% reflects a lower probability of exploitation activity in the wild over the next 30 days, placing it above 91% of all scored CVEs.

Check your external exposure to CVE-2008-7295

  • Confirm whether Microsoft Internet Explorer is running on any internet-facing host or subdomain.
  • Match discovered service fingerprints against the version affected by CVE-2008-7295.
  • Prioritise remediation if the asset is public, business-critical, or near authentication/payment flows.

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