PT-2012-4960 · Apple · Macos X

Harald Wagener · Published 2012-09-20 · Updated 2012-09-21 · CVE-2012-3720

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.3

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.5 Mac OS X versions 10.8.x prior to 10.8.2

Description The issue allows remote attackers to potentially determine passwords via unspecified access to a mobile account, as password hashes for external-account use are saved even if external accounts are not enabled.

Recommendations For Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.5, update to version 10.7.5 or later. For Mac OS X versions 10.8.x prior to 10.8.2, update to version 10.8.2 or later.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-255

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3720

Affected Products

Macos X

References · 3

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3720 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5501 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html · Vendor Advisory