CVSS Meta Temp Score | Current Exploit Price (≈) | CTI Interest Score |
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9.0 | $0-$5k | 0.00 |
A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari up to 5.1.7 (Web Browser) and classified as critical. Affected by this issue is an unknown functionality of the component WebKit. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a memory corruption vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-119. The product performs operations on a memory buffer, but it can read from or write to a memory location that is outside of the intended boundary of the buffer. Impacted is confidentiality, integrity, and availability. CVE summarizes:
WebKit, as used in Apple Safari before 6.0, allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary code or cause a denial of service (memory corruption and application crash) via a crafted web site, a different vulnerability than other WebKit CVEs listed in APPLE-SA-2012-07-25-1.
The weakness was released 07/25/2012 by Julien Chaffraix (Slawomir Blazek) with Apple Product Security as HT5400 as confirmed knowledge base article (Apple Security Announce). The advisory is available at support.apple.com. The public release was coordinated with the vendor. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3668 since 06/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be difficult. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. Technical details are unknown but a public exploit is available. The structure of the vulnerability defines a possible price range of USD $0-$5k at the moment (estimation calculated on 04/28/2018).
It is declared as proof-of-concept. As 0-day the estimated underground price was around $25k-$100k.
Upgrading to version 6 eliminates this vulnerability. Applying a patch is able to eliminate this problem. The bugfix is ready for download at trac.webkit.org. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 4654, 4645, 4650 and 5585.
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CPE 2.3
CPE 2.2
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CVSSv3
VulDB Meta Base Score: 10.0VulDB Meta Temp Score: 9.0
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VulDB Temp Score: 9.0
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Exploiting
Class: Memory corruptionCWE: CWE-119
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Local: No
Remote: Yes
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Access: Public
Status: Proof-of-Concept
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OpenVAS ID: 802962
OpenVAS Name: Apple iTunes Multiple Vulnerabilities - Sep 12 (Windows)
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Threat Intelligence
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Countermeasures
Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: Safari 6
Patch: trac.webkit.org
Timeline
06/19/2012 🔍07/25/2012 🔍
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07/26/2012 🔍
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07/27/2012 🔍
08/06/2012 🔍
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: HT5400
Researcher: Julien Chaffraix (Slawomir Blazek)
Organization: Apple Product Security
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3668 (🔍)
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SecurityTracker: 1027307
Secunia: 50058 - Apple Safari for Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84189
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Entry
Created: 08/06/2012 18:20Updated: 04/28/2018 23:47
Changes: 08/06/2012 18:20 (68), 04/28/2018 23:47 (7)
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