CVE-2008-7295
Microsoft Internet Explorer cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in...
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.
Exploit likelihood
What each source reports
NVD Score used
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-7295- CVSS 2.0
- 5.8 Medium
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:P - Weakness
- CWE-264
- Updated
- 2026-11-02
CVE List No score
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.
- Record
CVE-2008-7295- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-7248 No score
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.
- Record
EUVD-2008-7248- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-xhq4-rjcc-mjrc No score
Microsoft Internet Explorer cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in...
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.
- Record
GHSA-xhq4-rjcc-mjrc- Updated
- 2026-11-02
Affected products
History
| Recorded | Changed | Sources |
|---|---|---|
| aliases | EUVD | |
| first indexed | CVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD |
Dates are when Every CVE recorded each change. Upstream dates may differ.
In short
CVE-2008-7295 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Microsoft Internet Explorer, published August 9, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 5.10%, the 92nd percentile. No source names a fixed version.
References
michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2
scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053
nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2008-7295
github.com/advisories/GHSA-xhq4-rjcc-mjrc