CVE-2012-5624
MEDIUM severity · CVSS 4.3 · Information disclosure
4.3CVSS MEDIUM
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.
Impact & exploitability
Attack vectorNetwork
Attack complexity—
Privileges required—
User interaction—
Confidentiality impact—
Integrity impactNone
Availability impactNone
Exploit probability (EPSS)2%
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Affected products we track (1)
Recommendation
Apply the vendor fix in your normal patch cycle. Open any affected product above for its exact safe version.
Additional information
- NVD record
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52217Advisory
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00048.html
- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/000014.html
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1