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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2012-0585

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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2012-0585

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N)
Published
03/08/2012
Created
07/25/2018
Added
03/23/2012
Modified
05/09/2019

Description

The Private Browsing feature in Safari in Apple iOS before 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy settings and insert history entries via JavaScript code that calls the (1) pushState or (2) replaceState method.

Solution(s)

  • apple-safari-upgrade-5_1_4
  • apple-safari-windows-uninstall

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