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CVE-2006-6238

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.4% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: yes
• Published: 2006-12-03 · updated 2026-06-16

Description

The AutoFill feature in Apple Safari 2.0.4 does not properly verify that all automatically populated form fields are visible to the user, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information, such as usernames and passwords, via input fields of zero width, a variant of CVE-2006-6077.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: 2.0.4

References

• http://secunia.com/advisories/23066
• http://tearesolutions.com/2006/11/how_to_steal_passwords_from_safaris_autofill.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21329
• http://secunia.com/advisories/23066
• http://tearesolutions.com/2006/11/how_to_steal_passwords_from_safaris_autofill.html
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/21329

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