Cookie Bomb - HackTricks

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`Cookie bomb` involves adding a significant number of large cookies to a domain and its subdomains targeting a user. This action results in the victim sending oversized HTTP requests to the server, which are subsequently rejected by the server. The consequence of this is the induction of a Denial of Service (DoS) specifically targeted at a user within that domain and its subdomains.

A nice example can be seen in this write-up: https://hackerone.com/reports/57356

And for more information, you can check this presentation: https://speakerdeck.com/filedescriptor/the-cookie-monster-in-your-browsers?slide=26

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