CVE-2008-7296

Published Aug 9, 2011

Last updated 13 years ago

Overview

Description: Apple Safari 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.
Source: cve@mitre.org
NVD status: Analyzed

Risk scores

CVSS 2.0

Type: Primary
Base score: 5.8
Impact score: 4.9
Exploitability score: 8.6
Vector string: AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P

Weaknesses

nvd@nist.gov: CWE-264

Hype score: Not currently trending

Configurations

[
  {
    "nodes": [
      {
        "negate": false,
        "cpeMatch": [
          {
            "criteria": "cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*",
            "vulnerable": true,
            "matchCriteriaId": "AE370CAA-04B3-434E-BD5B-1D87DE596C10"
          }
        ],
        "operator": "OR"
      }
    ]
  }
]

References