CVE-2008-7296

N/A Unknown
Published: August 09, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026
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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.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory
http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
Source: cve@mitre.org
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053
Source: cve@mitre.org
Patch
http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053
Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108
Patch

10 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score
N/A / 10.0
EPSS (Exploit Probability)
1.0%
59th percentile
Exploitation Status
Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-264

Affected Vendors

apple

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