CVE-2011-3242 - CVE House
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Status published Medium CVE-2011-3242

The Private Browsing feature in Apple Safari before 5.1.1 on...

Vulnerability 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.

Impact Analysis

Refer to official advisory for detailed impact metrics.

Remediation

Ensure systems are updated to the latest vendor-supplied patch levels.

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Affected Vendor

Affected Software

safari
Vulnerable Versions:
0, 1.0, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.0.3, 1.0b1, 1.1, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.2, 1.2.0, 1.2.1, 1.2.2, 1.2.3, 1.2.4, 1.2.5, 1.3, 1.3.0, 1.3.1, 1.3.2, 2, 2.0, 2.0.0, 2.0.1, 2.0.2, 2.0.3, 2.0.4, 3, 3.0, 3.0.0, 3.0.0b, 3.0.1, 3.0.1b, 3.0.2, 3.0.2b, 3.0.3, 3.0.3b, 3.0.4, 3.0.4b, 3.1.0, 3.1.0b, 3.1.1, 3.1.1b, 3.1.2, 3.1.2b, 3.2.0, 3.2.0b, 3.2.1, 3.2.1b, 3.2.2, 3.2.2b, 4.0, 4.0.0b, 4.0.1, 4.0.2, 4.0.3, 4.0.4, 4.0.5, 4.1, 4.1.1, 4.1.2, 5.0, 5.0.1, 5.0.2, 5.0.3, 5.0.4, 5.0.5, 5.0.6

Timeline

Official Publish: October 14th, 2011
Last Modified: August 6th, 2024
Added to House: July 19th, 2026

CVSS Vectors

Weaknesses (CWE)

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MITRE ATT&CK TTPs

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