Medium severity5.3NVD Advisory· Published Oct 23, 2017· Updated May 13, 2026

CVE-2017-7142

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 Inc./Safari
cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
Range: <=10.1.2

Patches

No patches discovered yet.

Vulnerability mechanics

AI mechanics synthesis has not run for this CVE yet.

References

www.securityfocus.com/bid/100996nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
www.securitytracker.com/id/1039384nvdThird Party AdvisoryVDB Entry
support.apple.com/HT208116nvdVendor Advisory

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