CVE-2011-0159 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Safari Settings feature in Safari in Apple iOS 4.x before 4.3 does not properly implement the clearing of cookies during execution of the Safari application, which might make it easier for remote web servers to track users by setting a cookie.

Published: 2011-03-11

Score: 5.0 Medium

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 [-]

OR	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.0:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.1:::::::*
	cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:4.2:::::::*

No data.

No data available yet.

Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2011-0185	The Safari Settings feature in Safari in Apple iOS 4.x before 4.3 does not properly implement the clearing of cookies during execution of the Safari application, which might make it easier for remote web servers to track users by setting a cookie.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

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 0.00613.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2011//Mar/msg00003.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4564
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/46810
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1025182

History

No history.

Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2011-03-11T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T21:43:15.247Z

Reserved: 2010-12-23T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2011-0159

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2011-03-11T22:55:02.747

Modified: 2026-04-29T01:13:23.040

Link: CVE-2011-0159

Redhat

No data.

OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-20

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