CVE-2008-7298
The Android browser in Android cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in...
The Android browser in Android 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
The Android browser in Android 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-2008-7298- 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
The Android browser in Android 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-2008-7298- Updated
- 2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2008-7251 No score
The Android browser in Android 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-2008-7251- Updated
- 2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-w454-mc57-3f76 No score
The Android browser in Android cannot properly restrict modifications to cookies established in...
The Android browser in Android 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-w454-mc57-3f76- 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-2008-7298 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 5.8) in Android Browser, published August 9, 2011. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 0.99%, the 62nd 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-2008-7298
github.com/advisories/GHSA-w454-mc57-3f76