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Internet Explorer Cross-Domain Cookie Injection Vulnerability Advisory Available in Danish 

Secunia Advisory: SA12581  
Release Date: 2004-09-18
Last Update: 2005-02-15

Critical:
Less critical
Impact: Hijacking
Where: From remote
Solution Status: Unpatched

Software:Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.01
Microsoft Internet Explorer 5.5
Microsoft Internet Explorer 6.x

CVE reference:CVE-2004-0866 (Secunia mirror)
CVE-2004-0869 (Secunia mirror)

This advisory is currently marked as unpatched!
- Companies can be alerted when a patch is released!


Description:
WESTPOINT has reported a vulnerability in Internet Explorer, which potentially can be exploited by malicious people to conduct session fixation attacks.

In Internet Explorer successful exploitation requires that the domain does not end in ".com", ".net", ".mil", ".org", ".gov", ".edu", nor ".int" and the secondary part has more than two characters (e.g. ".plc.uk").

For more information:
SA12341

Solution:
Do not follow untrusted links.

Changelog:
2004-09-27: Corrected CVE reference.
2005-02-15: Updated advisory.

Original Advisory:
http://www.westpoint.ltd.uk/advisories/wp-04-0001.txt

Other References:
SA12341:
http://secunia.com/advisories/12341/



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