CVE-2012-3742

high

Description

Safari in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly restrict use of an unspecified Unicode character that looks similar to the https lock indicator, which allows remote attackers to spoof https connections by placing this character in the TITLE element of a web page.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78708

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503

http://osvdb.org/85632

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-20

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 5

Vector: CVSS2#AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 7.5

Vector: CVSS:3.0/AV:N/AC:L/PR:N/UI:N/S:U/C:N/I:H/A:N

Severity: High