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CVE-2008-7298 Details

Description

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.

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CVSS 3.x Severity and Vector Strings:

No CVSS 3.x data is available for this CVE.

References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

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URLSource(s)Tag(s)
http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies CVE
http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html CVE
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053 CVEPatch
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html CVE
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html CVE

see all 10 references

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-IDCWE NameSource
CWE-264Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls[email protected]

Affected Products

ProductVersions
android android browser
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:a:android:android_browser:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.
google android
All versions

CPE

  • cpe:2.3:o:google:android:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Remediation

  • No remediation found in references.

Change History

5 change records found show changes

QUICK INFO

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2008-7298
NVD Published Date:
Aug 9, 2011
NVD Last Modified:
Jun 16, 2026
Source:
[email protected]
CVE-2008-7298 Details - Not Deferred