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CVE-2012-0640

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.0 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-03-12 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 5.1.4 does not properly implement "From third parties and advertisers" cookie blocking, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users via a cookie.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: through 5.1.3; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2 (+78)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48377
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026785
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html
• http://secunia.com/advisories/48377
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026785

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