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CVE-2011-0231

• 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: none known
• Published: 2011-10-14 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.2 does not properly follow an intended cookie-storage policy, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users via a cookie, related to a "synchronization issue."

Affected products

• macOS: through 10.7.1; 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4 (+61)
• Apple Mac Os X Server: through 10.7.1; 10.0, 10.0.0, 10.0.1, 10.0.2, 10.0.3, 10.0.4 (+61)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085

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