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OS X update for CFNetwork (CVE-2016-4707)

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Severity

CVSS

(AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:N/A:P)

Published

Sep 25, 2016

Added

Nov 11, 2016

Modified

Mar 27, 2026

Description

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 mishandles Local Storage deletion, which allows local users to discover the visited web sites of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

Solution

apple-osx-upgrade-latest

References

CVE-2016-4707
https://attackerkb.com/topics/CVE-2016-4707
CWE-200
EUVD-EUVD-2016-5692
https://euvd.enisa.europa.eu/vulnerability/EUVD-2016-5692
https://support.apple.com/kb/HT207170

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