PT-2012-4959 · Apple · Mail+1

Will Dormann · Published 2012-09-20 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3719

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

6.8

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:P

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mail in Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.5

Description The issue is related to how Mail in Apple Mac OS X handles embedded web plugins. It allows remote attackers to execute arbitrary plugin code via an e-mail message that triggers the loading of a third-party plugin.

Recommendations For versions prior to 10.7.5, update to version 10.7.5 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

RCE

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-20

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3719

Affected Products

Macos X

Mail

References · 4

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3719 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78751 · Note