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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2018-4186

High
7.5/10

Summary

In Safari before 11.1, an information leakage issue existed in the handling of downloads in Safari Private Browsing. This issue was addressed with additional validation.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • UNCHANGED
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • 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