PT-2012-4984 · Apple · Ios

Pod2G · Published 2012-09-20 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2012-3744

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue allows remote attackers to spoof text communication by using an SMS message's return address as the displayed sender address, even if the return address does not match the originating address.

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

Fix

Related Identifiers

CVE-2012-3744

Affected Products

Ios

References · 5

• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-3744 · Security Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78687 · Note
• http://osvdb.org/85622 · Note