Vulnerability CVE-2008-6059


Published: 2009-02-04   Modified: 2012-02-12

Description:
xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp in WebCore in WebKit before r38566 does not properly restrict access from web pages to the (1) Set-Cookie and (2) Set-Cookie2 HTTP response headers, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from cookies via XMLHttpRequest calls, related to the HTTPOnly protection mechanism.

Type:

CWE-264

(Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls)

CVSS2 => (AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)

CVSS Base Score
Impact Subscore
Exploitability Subscore
5/10
2.9/10
10/10
Exploit range
Attack complexity
Authentication
Remote
Low
No required
Confidentiality impact
Integrity impact
Availability impact
Partial
None
None
Affected software
Webkit -> Webkit 

 References:
https://bugs.webkit.org/show_bug.cgi?id=10957
http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/48575
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/33804
http://trac.webkit.org/changeset/38566/trunk/WebCore/xml/XMLHttpRequest.cpp

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