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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2012-0844

Severity Medium
Score 5.5/10

Summary

Information-disclosure vulnerability in Netsurf through 2.8 due to a world-readable cookie jar.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • LOW
  • HIGH
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published