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CVE-2016-1849

The "Clear History and Website Data" feature in Apple Safari before 9.1.1, as used in iOS before 9.3.2 and other products, mishandles the d…

Published 10 y ago · modified 4 mo ago · JSON

CVSS
3.3
v3.0 · NVD
CISA KEV
No
not known exploited
EPSS
0.3%
percentile 25%
Public exploits
0
none known

Summary

The "Clear History and Website Data" feature in Apple Safari before 9.1.1, as used in iOS before 9.3.2 and other products, mishandles the deletion of browsing history, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging read access to a Safari directory.

Exploit prediction (EPSS)

0.32% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days, higher than 25% of all scored CVEs.

CVSS scores

Assigned byVersionScoreVector
NVD3.03.3CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
NVD2.02.1AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Classification

Weakness
  • CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

References

  • lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, x_transferred
  • securitytracker.com /id/1035888 · vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK, x_transferred
  • lists.apple.com /archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html · vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, x_transferred
  • support.apple.com /HT206565 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred
  • support.apple.com /HT206568 · x_refsource_CONFIRM, x_transferred

Sources

vulnwire keeps one entry per vulnerability: the CVE id wins, then GHSA; records that alias each other are merged. Machine-readable: JSON.