Description
Microsoft Internet Explorer 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 (5)
Core 5
Core References
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://michael-coates.blogspot.com/2010/01/cookie-forcing-trust-your-cookies-no.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2011/02/some-less-obvious-benefits-of-hsts.html
Various Sources x_refsource_misc
http://scarybeastsecurity.blogspot.com/2008/11/cookie-forcing.html
Patch x_refsource_misc
https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=660053
Third Party Advisory x_refsource_misc
http://code.google.com/p/browsersec/wiki/Part2#Same-origin_policy_for_cookies
Scores
EPSS
0.0510
EPSS Percentile
91.4%
Details
CWE
CWE-264
Status
published
Products (1)
microsoft/internet_explorer
Published
Aug 09, 2011
Tracked Since
Feb 18, 2026