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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2017-7142

Severity
5
CVSS
(AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N)
Published
Sep 26, 2017
Added
Sep 26, 2017
Modified
Mar 27, 2026

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Safari before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit Storage" component. It allows attackers to bypass the Safari Private Browsing protection mechanism, and consequently obtain sensitive information about visited web sites.

Solutions

apple-safari-upgrade-11apple-safari-windows-uninstall
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