FKIE_CVE-2008-7298

Vulnerability from fkie_nvd - Published: 2011-08-09 19:55 - Updated: 2026-04-29 01:13
Severity
Summary
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.
References
cve@mitre.orghttp://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies
cve@mitre.orghttp://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html
cve@mitre.orghttp://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
cve@mitre.orghttps://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053Patch
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053Patch
Impacted products
Vendor Product Version
android android_browser *
google android *
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  "lastModified": "2026-04-29T01:13:23.040",
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