PT-2012-4983 · Apple · Ios

Pod2G · Published 2012-09-20 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3743

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 6

Description The issue concerns the System Logs implementation, which does not properly restrict access to /var/log by sandboxed apps. This allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information by creating a crafted app that reads log files.

Recommendations For versions prior to 6, update to a version 6 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-264

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3743

Affected Products

Ios

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3743 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78718 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/85621 · Note