CVE-2012-0585
MEDIUM · CVSS 5.0EPSS 2.5%EU EUVD
The Private Browsing feature in Safari in Apple iOS before 5.1 allows remote attackers to bypass intended privacy settings and insert history entries via JavaScript code that calls the (1) pushState or (2) replaceState method.
Key facts
- CVSS score
- 5.0 (v2.0)
- Severity
- MEDIUM
- CVSS vector
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N- Weakness (CWE)
- CWE-264
- EPSS score
- 2.5% (85th percentile)
- In CISA KEV
- No
- In EU EUVD
- Yes (EUVD-2012-0617)
- Published
- March 8, 2012
- NVD last modified
- June 16, 2026
- Status
- Modified
EU Vulnerability Database (EUVD)
This vulnerability is also tracked by ENISA as EUVD-2012-0617 in the EU Vulnerability Database. Last updated in EUVD on August 6, 2024.
View on the EU Vulnerability DatabaseAffected products
- apple / iphone os
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00001.html(Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Mar/msg00003.html(Mailing List, Vendor Advisory)
- http://osvdb.org/79964(Broken Link)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48288(Third Party Advisory)
- http://secunia.com/advisories/48377(Third Party Advisory)
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id?1026774(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/73871(Third Party Advisory, VDB Entry)
Last updated September 17, 2026 · Source: NVD, CISA KEV, FIRST.org EPSS
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