Apple Safari up to 5.1.7 information disclosure

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability marked as problematic has been reported in Apple Safari up to 5.1.7. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown functionality. This manipulation causes information disclosure. This vulnerability appears as CVE-2012-3694. In addition, an exploit is available. It is suggested to upgrade the affected component.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability has been found in Apple Safari up to 5.1.7 (Web Browser) and classified as problematic. Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a information disclosure vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-200. The product exposes sensitive information to an actor that is not explicitly authorized to have access to that information. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.0 does not properly handle drag-and-drop events, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to obtain sensitive information about full pathnames via a crafted web site.

The weakness was presented 07/25/2012 by Daniel Cheng and Aaron Sigel (Slawomir Blazek) with Google & vtty.com as HT5400 as confirmed knowledge base article (Apple Security Announce). It is possible to read the advisory at support.apple.com. The public release was coordinated in cooperation with Apple. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3694 since 06/19/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Technical details are unknown but a private exploit is available. The attack technique deployed by this issue is T1592 according to MITRE ATT&CK.

It is declared as proof-of-concept. The commercial vulnerability scanner Qualys is able to test this issue with plugin 120376 (Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities (APPLE-SA-2012-07-25-1)).

Upgrading to version 6 eliminates this vulnerability. A possible mitigation has been published immediately after the disclosure of the vulnerability.

The vulnerability is also documented in the databases at X-Force (77620), SecurityFocus (BID 54694†), OSVDB (84206†), Secunia (SA50058†) and SecurityTracker (ID 1027307†). See VDB-4654, VDB-4645, VDB-4650 and VDB-5585 for similar entries. Be aware that VulDB is the high quality source for vulnerability data.

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VulDB Meta Base Score: 5.3
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VulDB Base Score: 5.3
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Class: Information disclosure
CWE: CWE-200 / CWE-284 / CWE-266
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Physical: No
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Access: Private
Status: Proof-of-Concept

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OpenVAS ID: 802924
OpenVAS Name: Apple Safari Multiple Vulnerabilities - July 2012 (Mac OS X)
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Recommended: Upgrade
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Upgrade: Safari 6

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Sourcesinfo

Vendor: apple.com

Advisory: HT5400
Researcher: Daniel Cheng , Aaron Sigel (Slawomir Blazek)
Organization: Google & vtty.com
Status: Confirmed
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CVE: CVE-2012-3694 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3694
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-5863
X-Force: 77620
SecurityFocus: 54694 - WebKit CVE-2012-3694 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
Secunia: 50058 - Apple Safari for Mac OS X Multiple Vulnerabilities, Highly Critical
OSVDB: 84206
SecurityTracker: 1027307 - Apple Safari Bugs Let Remote Users Execute Arbitrary Code, Spoof the URL Address Bar, Conduct Cross-Site Scripting Attacks, and Obtain Potentially Sensitive Information
Vulnerability Center: 37825 - Apple Safari <6.0 Improper Drag-and-Drop Event Handling Allows Remote Pathnames Disclosure, Medium

scip Labs: https://www.scip.ch/en/?labs.20161013
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Entryinfo

Created: 08/08/2012 13:08
Updated: 01/04/2025 20:42
Changes: 08/08/2012 13:08 (80), 04/23/2017 13:45 (5), 01/04/2025 20:42 (18)
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Cache ID: 216:F84:103

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