CVE-2009-1706

Safari < 4.0 - Unauthorized Cookie Exposure via Private Browsing Feature

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

The Private Browsing feature in Apple Safari before 4.0 on Windows does not remove cookies from the alternate cookie store in unspecified circumstances upon (1) disabling of the feature or (2) exit of the application, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users via a cookie.

References (7)

Core 7
Core References
Patch, Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2009/jun/msg00002.html
Exploit, Patch vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35260
Patch, Vendor Advisory vdb-entry x_refsource_vupen
http://www.vupen.com/english/advisories/2009/1522
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_osvdb
http://osvdb.org/54997
Vendor Advisory third-party-advisory x_refsource_secunia
http://secunia.com/advisories/35379
Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry vdb-entry x_refsource_bid
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/35346
Patch, Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613

Scores

EPSS 0.0140
EPSS Percentile 69.2%

Details

CWE
CWE-200
Status published
Products (12)
apple/safari 3.0
apple/safari 3.0.1
apple/safari 3.0.2
apple/safari 3.0.3
apple/safari 3.0.4
apple/safari 3.1
apple/safari 3.1.1
apple/safari 3.1.2
apple/safari 3.2
apple/safari 3.2.1
... and 2 more
Published Jun 10, 2009
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026