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CVE-2008-3171

Status: ModifiedMedium (5)—

Apple Safari sends Referer headers containing https URLs to different https web sites, which allows remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information by reading Referer log data.

CVSS

Exploitation probability (EPSS)

EPSS (Exploit Prediction Scoring System, FIRST) estimates how likely a vulnerability is to be exploited in the wild within 30 days. It complements CVSS (impact) and CISA KEV (confirmed exploitation).

Affected technologies (1)

Apple — Safari

CWEs

References

Raw JSON (NVD)

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          "vectorString": "AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N",
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    },
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      "value": "Apple Safari envía cabeceras Referer que contienen URLs https a diferentes sitios Web https, esto permite a atacantes remotos obtener información potencialmente sensible leyendo la  información de registro almacenada de Referer."
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  ],
  "lastModified": "2026-06-16T22:55:17.687",
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