Apple Safari prior 6.0 Address Book access control

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A vulnerability, which was classified as critical, has been found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). Affected by this issue is some unknown processing of the component Address Book. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-264. Impacted is confidentiality. CVE summarizes:

The Form Autofill feature in Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not restrict the filled fields to the set of fields contained in an Autofill popover, which allows remote attackers to obtain the Me card from an Address Book via a crafted web site.

The weakness was published 09/20/2012 (Website). The advisory is available at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3714 since 06/19/2012. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. The technical details are unknown and an exploit is not available. This vulnerability is assigned to T1068 by the MITRE ATT&CK project.

The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62216 (Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family MacOS X Local Security Checks. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120542 (Apple Safari Prior to 6.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-3)).

Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78681) and Tenable (62216). Similar entries are available at 5450, 5587, 5588 and 5589.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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Remote: Yes

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Nessus ID: 62216
Nessus Name: Mac OS X : Apple Safari < 6.0.1 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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OpenVAS ID: 803032
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - Oct 2012 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 6.0

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: lists.apple.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3714 (🔍)
X-Force: 78681
Vulnerability Center: 36617 - Apple Safari <6.0.1 Form Autofill Feature Allows Remote Information Disclosure via a Crafted Website, Medium
SecurityFocus: 55625 - Apple Safari CVE-2012-3714 Form Autofill Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 85653

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Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/14/2021 08:56
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (61), 04/18/2017 11:54 (11), 12/14/2021 08:56 (3)
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