CVE-2012-3697

Apple Safari < 6.0 - Arbitrary File Read via WebKit File URL Handling

Title source: llm
STIX 2.1

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.0 does not properly handle file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and read arbitrary files by leveraging a WebProcess compromise.

References (2)

Core 2
Core References
Vendor Advisory vendor-advisory x_refsource_apple
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
Vendor Advisory x_refsource_confirm
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400

Scores

EPSS 0.0183
EPSS Percentile 76.6%

Details

CWE
CWE-264
Status published
Products (35)
apple/safari 1.0 (3 CPE variants)
apple/safari 1.0.0
apple/safari 1.0.0b1
apple/safari 1.0.0b2
apple/safari 1.0.1
apple/safari 1.0.2
apple/safari 1.0.3 (3 CPE variants)
apple/safari 1.0b1
apple/safari 1.1
apple/safari 1.1.0
... and 25 more
Published Jul 25, 2012
Tracked Since Feb 18, 2026