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A vulnerability, which was classified as problematic, has been found in Apple iOS up to 5.1.1 (Smartphone Operating System). Affected by this issue is an unknown function of the component Office Viewer. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a cryptographic issues vulnerability. Using CWE to declare the problem leads to CWE-310. Impacted is confidentiality, and integrity. CVE summarizes:
Office Viewer in Apple iOS before 6 writes cleartext document data to a temporary file, which might allow local users to bypass a document s intended (1) Data Protection level or (2) encryption state by reading the temporary content.
The weakness was released 09/19/2012 by Salvatore Cataudella with Open Systems Technologies as APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1 as confirmed posting (Website). The advisory is shared for download at prod.lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is handled as CVE-2012-3734 since 06/19/2012. The exploitation is known to be easy. The attack may be launched remotely. No form of authentication is required for exploitation. There are neither technical details nor an exploit publicly available. The MITRE ATT&CK project declares the attack technique as T1600.
The vulnerability scanner Nessus provides a plugin with the ID 62242 (Apple iOS < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities), which helps to determine the existence of the flaw in a target environment. It is assigned to the family Mobile Devices.
Upgrading to version 6.0 eliminates this vulnerability. The problem might be mitigated by replacing the product with Google Android as an alternative. The best possible mitigation is suggested to be upgrading to the latest version. A possible mitigation has been published even before and not after the disclosure of the vulnerability.
The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (78709) and Tenable (62242). Entries connected to this vulnerability are available at 6213, 6151, 6186 and 6134.
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CPE 2.3
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VulDB Meta Base Score: 6.5VulDB Meta Temp Score: 5.7
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Class: Cryptographic issuesCWE: CWE-310
ATT&CK: T1600
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Remote: Yes
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Status: Unproven
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Nessus ID: 62242
Nessus Name: Apple iOS < 6.0 Multiple Vulnerabilities
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Recommended: UpgradeStatus: 🔍
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Upgrade: iOS 6.0
Alternative: Google Android
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Sources
Vendor: apple.comAdvisory: APPLE-SA-2012-09-19-1
Researcher: Salvatore Cataudella
Organization: Open Systems Technologies
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3734 (🔍)
X-Force: 78709 - Apple iOS Office Viewer CVE-2012-3734, Low Risk
Vulnerability Center: 47726 - Apple iOS <6 Office Viewer Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability, Low
SecurityFocus: 56269 - Apple iPhone/iPad/iPod touch Prior to iOS 6 CVE-2012-3734 Local Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 50586 - Apple iOS Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 85642
scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20150917
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Entry
Created: 09/21/2012 13:45Updated: 04/13/2021 10:40
Changes: 09/21/2012 13:45 (80), 06/16/2017 04:18 (2), 04/13/2021 10:40 (4)
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