CVE-2012-0585 - Vulnerability Details - OpenCVE

Description

The Private Browsing feature in Safari in Apple iOS before 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy settings and insert history entries via JavaScript code that calls the (1) pushState or (2) replaceState method.

Published: 2012-03-08

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 [-]

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

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Remediation

No vendor fix or workaround currently provided.

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Tracking

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Advisories

Source	ID	Title
EUVD	EUVD-2012-0617	The Private Browsing feature in Safari in Apple iOS before 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy settings and insert history entries via JavaScript code that calls the (1) pushState or (2) replaceState method.

No CVSS v4.0

No CVSS v3.1

No CVSS v3.0

Access Vector Network

Access Complexity Low

Authentication None

Confidentiality Impact None

Integrity Impact Partial

Availability Impact None

This CVE is not in the KEV list.

The EPSS score is 0.00775.

Key SSVC decision points have not yet been added.

References

Link	Providers
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00001.html
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html
http://osvdb.org/79964
http://secunia.com/advisories/48288
http://secunia.com/advisories/48377
http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026774
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73871

History

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Subscriptions

Apple Iphone Os

MITRE

Status: PUBLISHED

Assigner: apple

Published: 2012-03-08T22:00:00.000Z

Updated: 2024-08-06T18:30:52.931Z

Reserved: 2012-01-12T00:00:00.000Z

Link: CVE-2012-0585

Vulnrichment

No data.

NVD

Status : Modified

Published: 2012-03-08T22:55:01.823

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

Link: CVE-2012-0585

Redhat

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OpenCVE Enrichment

No data.

Weaknesses

CWE-264

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