Apple Safari prior 6.0 access control

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Summaryinfo

A vulnerability was found in Apple Safari. It has been classified as critical. This affects an unknown function. This manipulation causes access control. The identification of this vulnerability is CVE-2012-3713. There is no exploit available. Upgrading the affected component is recommended.

Detailsinfo

A vulnerability classified as critical was found in Apple Safari (Web Browser). Affected by this vulnerability is an unknown code block. The manipulation with an unknown input leads to a access control vulnerability. The CWE definition for the vulnerability is CWE-264. As an impact it is known to affect confidentiality. The summary by CVE is:

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging the presence of a downloaded document.

The weakness was shared 09/20/2012 by Aaron Sigel with vtty.com (Website). The advisory is shared at lists.apple.com. This vulnerability is known as CVE-2012-3713 since 06/19/2012. The attack can be launched remotely. The exploitation doesn't need any form of authentication. Neither technical details nor an exploit are publicly available. MITRE ATT&CK project uses the attack technique T1068 for this issue.

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 (78679), Tenable (62216), SecurityFocus (BID 55624†), OSVDB (85652†) and Vulnerability Center (SBV-36616†). The entries VDB-5450, VDB-5587, VDB-5588 and VDB-5589 are related to this item. If you want to get the best quality for vulnerability data then you always have to consider VulDB.

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Class: Access control
CWE: CWE-264
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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
Researcher: Aaron Sigel
Organization: vtty.com
Status: Not defined
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CVE: CVE-2012-3713 (🔍)
GCVE (CVE): GCVE-0-2012-3713
GCVE (VulDB): GCVE-100-62389
X-Force: 78679
SecurityFocus: 55624 - Apple Safari CVE-2012-3713 Information Disclosure Vulnerability
OSVDB: 85652
Vulnerability Center: 36616 - Apple Safari <6.0.1 Improper Handling of Quarantine Attribute Allows Remote File Access, Medium

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Entryinfo

Created: 03/24/2015 12:22
Updated: 12/14/2021 08:51
Changes: 03/24/2015 12:22 (59), 04/18/2017 11:53 (13), 12/14/2021 08:51 (3)
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