CVE-2013-0982

Severity: low (CVSS 1.7 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 0.3% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2013-06-05 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-200

Description

The Private Browsing feature in CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X before 10.8.4 does not prevent storage of permanent cookies upon exit from Safari, which might allow physically proximate attackers to bypass cookie-based authentication by leveraging an unattended workstation.

Affected products

macOS: through 10.8.3; 10.7.0, 10.7.1, 10.7.2, 10.7.3, 10.7.4, 10.7.5 (+3)
Apple Mac Os X Server: 10.7.0, 10.7.1, 10.7.2, 10.7.3, 10.7.4, 10.7.5

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2013/Jun/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5784

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