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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2015-1127

Low
2.1/10

Summary

The private-browsing implementation in WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.2.5, 7.x before 7.1.5, and 8.x before 8.0.5 places browsing history into an index, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by reading index entries.

  • LOW
  • LOCAL
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • 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