CVE-2008-3170
MEDIUM · CVSS 6.8EPSS 2.1%EU EUVD
Apple Safari allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains, such as co.uk and com.au, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking," a related issue to CVE-2004-0746, CVE-2004-0866, and CVE-2004-0867.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 6.8 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.1% (81th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2008-3160)
- Published
- July 14, 2008
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2008-3160 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 7, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / safari
References
- http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/07/some-random-safari-notes.html
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce//2008//Dec/msg00000.html
- http://secunia.com/advisories/31128
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3338
- http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/30192
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1020539
- http://www.us-cert.gov/cas/techalerts/TA08-350A.html(US Government Resource)
- http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2008/3444
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43839
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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