CVE-2012-3724

medium

Description

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly identify the host portion of a URL, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by leveraging the construction of an HTTP request with an incorrect hostname derived from a malformed URL.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78723

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

http://osvdb.org/85637

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-20

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 5.3

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:L/I:N/A:N

Severity: Medium