CVE-2011-3242

N/A Unknown

Published: October 14, 2011 Modified: April 29, 2026

Description

The Private Browsing feature in Apple Safari before 5.1.1 on Mac OS X does not properly recognize the Always value of the Block Cookies setting, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users via a cookie.

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References to Advisories, Solutions, and Tools

Patch Vendor Advisory Exploit Third Party Advisory

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html

Source: product-security@apple.com

Vendor Advisory

http://osvdb.org/76391

Source: product-security@apple.com

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000

Source: product-security@apple.com

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70569

Source: product-security@apple.com

http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00004.html

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

http://osvdb.org/76391

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5000

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

Vendor Advisory

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70569

Source: af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108

8 reference(s) from NVD

Quick Stats

CVSS v3 Score

N/A / 10.0

EPSS (Exploit Probability)

1.4%

70th percentile

Exploitation Status

Not in CISA KEV

Weaknesses (CWE)

CWE-200

Affected Vendors

apple

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