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Apple Safari security update for CVE-2017-7142

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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
09/26/2017
Created
07/25/2018
Added
09/26/2017
Modified
12/01/2017

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.

Solution(s)

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

References

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