The "Clear History and Website Data" feature in Apple Safari before 9.1.1, as used in iOS before 9.3.2 and other products, mishandles the deletion of browsing history, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging read access to a Safari directory
Published May 20, 2016
3.3
LOWCVSS 3.0
EPSS 0.32%
Description
The "Clear History and Website Data" feature in Apple Safari before 9.1.1, as used in iOS before 9.3.2 and other products, mishandles the deletion of browsing history, which might allow local users to obtain sensitive information by leveraging read access to a Safari directory.
Affected products
Remediation
No remediation recorded yet.
Metrics
No CVSS v4.0 score for this CVE.
No CVSS v3.1 score for this CVE.
CVSS:3.0/AV:L/AC:L/PR:L/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N
AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
This CVE is not in the KEV list.
No CISA SSVC assessment for this CVE yet.
Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 2, 2026.
Score over time
2022–2026- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Percentile over time
- EPSS v2
- EPSS v3
- EPSS v4
- EPSS v5
Table of values (9 key points)
Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.
| Date | Score | Percentile | Model |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 2, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 22.91th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Jun 15, 2026 | 0.32% (0.00321) | 23.66th | v5 (v2026.06.15) |
| Mar 17, 2025 | 0.15% (0.00147) | 32.58th | v4 (v2025.03.14) |
| Dec 12, 2024 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.07th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 7, 2023 | 0.04% (0.00042) | 5.63th | v3 (v2023.03.01) |
| Mar 6, 2023 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 32.28th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Sep 10, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 30.63th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Apr 1, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 28.61th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
| Feb 4, 2022 | 0.95% (0.00950) | 13.46th | v2 (v2022.01.01) |
References (5)
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.html vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035888 vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK
- https://support.apple.com/HT206565 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
- https://support.apple.com/HT206568 x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
| Link | Providers | Tags |
|---|---|---|
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00002.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2016/May/msg00005.html | vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory | |
| http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1035888 | vdb-entryx_refsource_SECTRACK | |
| https://support.apple.com/HT206565 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory | |
| https://support.apple.com/HT206568 | x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory |
Change history (0)
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