CVE-2012-3719

critical

Description

Mail in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.5 does not properly handle embedded web plugins, which allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugin code via an e-mail message that triggers the loading of a third-party plugin.

References

https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78751

http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html

Details

Source: Mitre, NVD

Published: 2012-09-20

Updated: 2017-08-29

Risk Information

CVSS v2

Base Score: 6.8

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

Severity: Medium

CVSS v3

Base Score: 9.8

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

Severity: Critical