CVE-2012-5624 in Qt

Summary

The XMLHttpRequest object in Qt before 4.8.4 enables http redirection to the file scheme, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to force the read of arbitrary local files and possibly obtain sensitive information via a file: URL to a QML application.

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• Reservation: 10/24/2012
• Disclosure: 02/24/2013
• Moderation: VulDB entry created
• Entries: 1: VDB-7098
• CPE: ready
• CWE: CWE-200 (Confirmed)
• CVSS: 5.3
• EPSS: 0.01869
• Activities: Very Low

Sources

• MITRE: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-5624
• NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-5624
• CVE Details: https://www.cvedetails.com/cve/CVE-2012-5624/