Sensitive-information tracking via WebKit state mismanagement
Published Jul 28, 2023 · Updated Feb 13, 2025
Information disclosure in Apple WebKit on affected platforms allows remote attackers to track sensitive user information via a website. Apple identifies a logic error in WebKit state management but has not disclosed the affected state, incorrect transition, or tracked data. Exploitation requires a user to load attacker-controlled web content; the documented consequence is tracking, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
Summary
What happened
Information disclosure in Apple WebKit on affected platforms allows remote attackers to track sensitive user information via a website. Apple identifies a logic error in WebKit state management but has not disclosed the affected state, incorrect transition, or tracked data. Exploitation requires a user to load attacker-controlled web content; the documented consequence is tracking, with no reported data modification or service interruption.
The record
- CVE
- CVE-2023-38599
- Published
- Jul 28, 2023
- Updated
- Feb 13, 2025
- Vendor
- Apple
- Product
- iOS and iPadOS
- Classifications
- Unavailable
- Attack vector
- network
- Privileges
- unauthenticated
Timeline
How it unfolded
- Jul 28, 2023CVE publishedPublication date reported by the CVE source.
- Feb 13, 2025Record updatedLatest update available in the CVE record.
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- Affected versionversion=unspecified <15.7
- Affected versionversion=unspecified <16.6
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