{"cve":"CVE-2008-3173","nvd":{"published":"2008-07-14T23:41:00.000","modified":"2026-06-16T22:55:17.897","status":"Modified","description":"Microsoft Internet Explorer allows web sites to set cookies for domains that have a public suffix with more than one dot character, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka \"Cross-Site Cooking.\" NOTE: this issue may exist because of an insufficient fix for CVE-2004-0866.","cvss_v4":null,"cvss_v3":null,"cwes":["CWE-264"],"references":["http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html","http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html","https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43950","http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html","http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html"],"products":["microsoft:internet_explorer"],"source":"nvd","synced_at":"2026-10-19T19:51:11.071189229+00:00"},"epss":{"cve":"CVE-2008-3173","score":0.11314,"percentile":0.95979,"date":"2026-10-31"},"kev":null,"osv":[],"attribution":["This product uses the NVD API but is not endorsed or certified by the NVD.","EPSS scores: FIRST Exploit Prediction Scoring System, https://www.first.org/epss","Known exploited vulnerabilities: CISA Known Exploited Vulnerabilities Catalog, https://www.cisa.gov/known-exploited-vulnerabilities-catalog","Package advisories: OSV (https://osv.dev), from the GitHub Advisory Database, PyPA, Go, RustSec and other ecosystem databases, under CC-BY 4.0 or CC0","CVE records: the CVE Program's CVE List (https://www.cve.org), under its terms of use (https://www.cve.org/Legal/TermsOfUse). CVE is a registered trademark of The MITRE Corporation; this product is not affiliated with the CVE Program."]}