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.
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EUVD 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.
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cve-icon MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published:

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

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

Link: CVE-2016-1849

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cve-icon NVD

Status : Deferred

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

Modified: 2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Link: CVE-2016-1849

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