6.8med
CVE-2008-3172
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A records, such as co.tv, which could allow remo…
Published 18 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON
CVSS
6.8
v2.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
1.2%
percentile 68%
Public exploits
0
none known
Summary
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A records, such as co.tv, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking."
Exploit prediction (EPSS)
1.20% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 68% of all scored CVEs.
CVSS scores
| Assigned by | Version | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVD | 2.0 | 6.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P |
Classification
- Weakness
- CWE-264 Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls
References
- crisp.tweakblogs.net /blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- kuza55.blogspot.com /2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- o.bulport.com /index.php?item=55 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- bugzilla.mozilla.org /show_bug.cgi?id=252342 · x_refsource_MISC, x_transferred
- exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com /vulnerabilities/43951 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF, x_transferred
Sources
- CVE List: CVE-2008-3172
- NVD: CVE-2008-3172
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