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CVE-2017-7142

• Severity: medium (CVSS 5.3 v3.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2017-10-23 · updated 2026-06-17
• Weakness: CWE-200

Description

An issue was discovered in certain Apple products. Safari before 11 is affected. The issue involves the "WebKit Storage" component. It allows attackers to bypass the Safari Private Browsing protection mechanism, and consequently obtain sensitive information about visited web sites.

Affected products

• Apple Safari: through 10.1.2

References

• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100996
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039384
• https://support.apple.com/HT208116
• http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/100996
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1039384
• https://support.apple.com/HT208116

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