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CVE-2009-1706
The Private Browsing feature in Apple Safari before 4.0 on Windows does not remove cookies from the alternate cookie store in unspecified…
Medium5.0EPSS 1.4%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
The Private Browsing feature in Apple Safari before 4.0 on Windows does not remove cookies from the alternate cookie store in unspecified circumstances upon (1) disabling of the feature or (2) exit of the application, which makes it easier for remote web servers to track users via a cookie.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.0 | AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 1.4% · top 28% of all CVEs (5 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.0.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (7)
- APPLE-SA-2009-06-08-1 (opens in a new tab)vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEx_transferred
- 35260 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- ADV-2009-1522 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_VUPENx_transferred
- 54997 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDBx_transferred
- 35379 (opens in a new tab)third-party-advisoryx_refsource_SECUNIAx_transferred
- 35346 (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_BIDx_transferred
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT3613 (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_CONFIRMx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
- NVD (opens in a new tab)
- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
- GitHub Advisories (opens in a new tab)
- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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