CVE-2020-15502

Summary

The DuckDuckGo application through 5.58.0 for Android, and through 7.47.1.0 for iOS, sends hostnames of visited web sites within HTTPS .ico requests to servers in the duckduckgo.com domain, which might make visit data available temporarily at a Potentially Unwanted Endpoint. NOTE: the vendor has stated "the favicon service adheres to our strict privacy policy.

Affected Software

Weaknesses

• n/a

ADP Enrichment

CISA ADP Vulnrichment

• SSVC:
• Exploitation: none
  • Automatable: no
  • Technical Impact: partial

CVE Program Container

Additional References

• https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/blob/e2f2d54a6b4452277467db403a3546512401b493/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriExtension.kt#L83-L88
• https://github.com/duckduckgo/iOS/blob/1ae03d7221180bd6791cf6f7f06922a96335cf75/Core/AppUrls.swift#L98-L100
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708166
• https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/527
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23711597

References

• https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/blob/e2f2d54a6b4452277467db403a3546512401b493/app/src/main/java/com/duckduckgo/app/global/UriExtension.kt#L83-L88
• https://github.com/duckduckgo/iOS/blob/1ae03d7221180bd6791cf6f7f06922a96335cf75/Core/AppUrls.swift#L98-L100
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23708166
• https://github.com/duckduckgo/Android/issues/527
• https://news.ycombinator.com/item?id=23711597

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