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Permissions, Privileges, and Access Controls

CVE-2010-3829

Medium
5.8/10

Summary

WebKit in Apple iOS before 4.2 allows remote attackers to bypass the remote image loading setting in Mail via an HTML LINK element with a DNS prefetching property, as demonstrated by an HTML e-mail message that uses a LINK element for X-Confirm-Reading-To functionality, a related issue to CVE-2010-3813.

  • MEDIUM
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-264 - Permissions Privileges and Access Controls

CWE 264 (permissions, privileges, and access controls) is not a weakness in and of itself, rather it is a category of weaknesses related to the management of permissions, privileges, and other security features used to perform access control. If not addressed, the weaknesses in this category allow attackers to gain privileges for an unintended sphere of control, access sensitive information, and execute arbitrary commands.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published