Local cookie disclosure via world-readable jar
Published Feb 21, 2020 · Updated Aug 6, 2024
Information disclosure in NetSurf through 2.8 allows local users to read cookie contents via a world-readable cookie jar. The browser stores its cookie jar with permissions that permit other local accounts to read it, exposing session and tracking data without exploiting a network service. Local users need filesystem access to the host; the documented consequence is confidentiality loss only, with no integrity or availability impact reported.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in NetSurf through 2.8 allows local users to read cookie contents via a world-readable cookie jar. The browser stores its cookie jar with permissions that permit other local accounts to read it, exposing session and tracking data without exploiting a network service. Local users need filesystem access to the host; the documented consequence is confidentiality loss only, with no integrity or availability impact reported.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2012-0844
- Published
- Feb 21, 2020
- Updated
- Aug 6, 2024
- Vendor
- NetSurf Developers
- Product
- NetSurf
- Classifications
- CWE-200, T1005
- Attack vector
- local
- Privileges
- authenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Feb 21, 2020CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Aug 6, 2024Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
Exploitability
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- Affected versionversion=through 2.8
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