CVE-2016-1849 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The "Clear History and Website Data" feature in Apple Safari before 9.1.1, as used in iOS before 9.3.2 and other products, mishandles the deletion of browsing history, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging read access to a Safari directory.

Published: 2016-05-20

Score: 3.3 Low

EPSS: < 1% Very Low

KEV: No

Impact:

Action:

Analysis

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Default status is the baseline for the product, each version can override it (e.g. patched versions marked unaffected).

Vendor Product Default status Versions

n/a

n/a

affected

Version	Status	Constraints
`n/a`	affected	—

Configuration 1 [-]

cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

Configuration 2 [-]

cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

No data.

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Remediation

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-2944	The "Clear History and Website Data" feature in Apple Safari before 9.1.1, as used in iOS before 9.3.2 and other products, mishandles the deletion of browsing history, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging read access to a Safari directory.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required Low

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact Partial

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00056.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.html
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035888
https://support.apple.com/HT206565
https://support.apple.com/HT206568

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os Safari

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2016-05-20T10:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-05T23:10:39.898Z

Reserved: 2016-01-13T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2016-1849

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2016-05-20T11:00:02.817

Modified: 2026-05-06T22:30:45.220

Link: CVE-2016-1849

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-200

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