MEDIUM
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A records, such as co.tv, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking."
Published Jul 14, 2008
6.8
MEDIUMCVSS 2.0
EPSS 1.20%
Description
Opera allows web sites to set cookies for country-specific top-level domains that have DNS A records, such as co.tv, which could allow remote attackers to perform a session fixation attack and hijack a user's HTTP session, aka "Cross-Site Cooking."
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.0 score for this CVE.
6.8 MEDIUM NVD
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact Partial
Availability Impact Partial
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
1.20% 0.01202
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.
EPSS probability 0.01202
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (11 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 1, 2026 | 1.20% (0.01202) | 67.10th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 1.20% (0.01202) | 64.09th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.58% (0.00582) | 67.04th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00732) | 81.43th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Jul 20, 2024 | 0.73% (0.00732) | 80.98th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Feb 8, 2024 | 0.68% (0.00677) | 79.25th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.68% (0.00677) | 76.76th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 17, 2023 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 66.22th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 64.21th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 1.21% (0.01213) | 40.54th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
Weaknesses (1)
References (5)
- http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html x_refsource_MISC
- http://o.bulport.com/index.php?item=55 x_refsource_MISC
- https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252342 x_refsource_MISC
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43951 vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://crisp.tweakblogs.net/blog/ie-and-2-letter-domain-names.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://kuza55.blogspot.com/2008/02/understanding-cookie-security.html | x_refsource_MISC | |
| http://o.bulport.com/index.php?item=55 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://bugzilla.mozilla.org/show_bug.cgi?id=252342 | x_refsource_MISC | |
| https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/43951 | vdb-entryx_refsource_XF |
Change history (0)
No recorded changes yet.
Sources
CVE.org / MITRE
Status PUBLISHED
Assigner mitre
Published Jul 14, 2008
Updated Aug 7, 2024
Reserved Jul 14, 2008
Link CVE-2008-3172
CISA Vulnrichment
Updated n/a