CVE-2016-4707 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 mishandles Local Storage deletion, which allows local users to discover the visited web sites of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

Attack Vector Local

Attack Complexity Low

Privileges Required None

Scope Unchanged

Confidentiality Impact Low

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact None

User Interaction None

Access Vector Local

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact None

Availability Impact Partial

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00059.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

Vendors	Products
Apple	Iphone Os Mac Os X

Configuration 1 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os::::::::
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x::::::::

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2016-5692	CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 10 and OS X before 10.12 mishandles Local Storage deletion, which allows local users to discover the visited web sites of arbitrary users via unspecified vectors.
Ubuntu USN	USN-3166-1	WebKitGTK+ vulnerabilities

Fixes

Solution

No solution given by the vendor.

Workaround

No workaround given by the vendor.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00006.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/Sep/msg00008.html
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/93056
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1036858
https://support.apple.com/HT207143
https://support.apple.com/HT207170

History

No history.

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2016-09-25T10:00:00

Updated: 2024-08-06T00:39:26.035Z

Reserved: 2016-05-11T00:00:00

Link: CVE-2016-4707

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Deferred

Published: 2016-09-25T10:59:14.157

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

Link: CVE-2016-4707

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

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