Microsoft Internet Explorer path cookie overwrite
| ie-path-cookie-overwrite (18073) |  Medium Risk |
Description:
Microsoft Internet Explorer could allow a remote attacker to overwrite cookies. If the victim's domain name or IP address contains the attacker's domain name or IP address and the victim is running a Web service on a wildcard domain, a remote attacker could create a cookie containing a specially-crafted Path attribute, which would overwrite the victim's cookie, once Internet Explorer accepts the malicious cookie. This could allow an attacker to perform session hijacking.
Platforms Affected:
- Microsoft, Internet Explorer 6 SP1
Remedy:
No remedy available as of July 4, 2009.
Consequences:
Data Manipulation
References:
- NTBugTraq Mailing List, Mon Nov 15 2004 - 03:01:07 CST , A Possibility of Cookie Overwrite in Microsoft Internet Explorer at http://archives.neohapsis.com/archives/ntbugtraq/2004-q4/0119.html.
- SNS Advisory No.79, A Possibility of Cookie Overwrite in Microsoft Internet Explorer at http://www.lac.co.jp/business/sns/intelligence/SNSadvisory_e/79_e.html.
- BID-11680: Microsoft Internet Explorer Cookie Overwrite Vulnerability
- CVE-2004-1527: Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.0 SP1 does not properly handle certain character strings in the Path attribute, which can cause it to modify cookies in other domains when the attacker's domain name is within the target's domain name or when wildcard DNS is being used, which allows remote attackers to hijack web sessions.
- SA13208: Microsoft Internet Explorer Cookie Path Attribute Vulnerability
Reported:
Nov 15, 2004
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