CVE-2012-5624
medium
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
4.3
Description
The XMLHttpRequest object in Qt before 4.8.4 enables http redirection to the file scheme, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to force the read of arbitrary local files and possibly obtain sensitive information via a file: URL to a QML application.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
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OS impact
| OS | Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|---|
| ubuntu | 10.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 11.10 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.04 | affected | |
| ubuntu | 12.10 | affected | |
Application impact
| Vendor | Product | Versions | Fixed |
|---|---|---|---|
| digia | qt | {"endIncluding":"4.8.3"} | |
| qt | qt | 1.41 | |
| qt | qt | 1.42 | |
| qt | qt | 1.43 | |
| qt | qt | 1.44 | |
| qt | qt | 1.45 | |
| qt | qt | 2.0.0 | |
| qt | qt | 2.0.1 | |
| qt | qt | 2.0.2 | |
| qt | qt | 3.3.0 | |
| qt | qt | 3.3.1 | |
| qt | qt | 3.3.2 | |
| qt | qt | 3.3.3 | |
| qt | qt | 3.3.4 | |
| qt | qt | 3.3.5 | |
| qt | qt | 3.3.6 | |
| qt | qt | 4.0.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.0.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.1.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.1.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.1.2 | |
| qt | qt | 4.1.3 | |
| qt | qt | 4.1.4 | |
| qt | qt | 4.1.5 | |
| qt | qt | 4.2.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.2.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.2.3 | |
| qt | qt | 4.3.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.3.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.3.2 | |
| qt | qt | 4.3.3 | |
| qt | qt | 4.3.4 | |
| qt | qt | 4.3.5 | |
| qt | qt | 4.4.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.4.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.4.2 | |
| qt | qt | 4.4.3 | |
| qt | qt | 4.5.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.5.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.5.2 | |
| qt | qt | 4.5.3 | |
| qt | qt | 4.6.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.6.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.6.2 | |
| qt | qt | 4.6.3 | |
| qt | qt | 4.6.4 | |
| qt | qt | 4.6.5 | |
| qt | qt | 4.7.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.7.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.7.2 | |
| qt | qt | 4.7.3 | |
| qt | qt | 4.7.4 | |
| qt | qt | 4.7.5 | |
| qt | qt | 4.7.6 | |
| qt | qt | 4.8.0 | |
| qt | qt | 4.8.1 | |
| qt | qt | 4.8.2 | |
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00048.html
- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/000014.html
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52217
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883415
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C40034
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00048.html
- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/000014.html
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71
- http://secunia.com/advisories/52217
- http://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/8
- http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1
- https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883415
- https://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C40034
CWEs
CWE-200
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.