CyberRota Analysis
This is a medium severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 6.8. It affects Microsoft. Its EPSS score suggests a 11.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days. It may be remotely exploitable.
CVE
CVE-2008-3173
Severity
MEDIUM
CVSS
6.8
EPSS
11.31%
Microsoft
Original NVD 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.