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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-3246

Medium
5/10

Summary

CFNetwork in Apple iOS before 5.0.1 and Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2 does not properly parse URLs, which allows remote attackers to trigger visits to unintended web sites, and transmission of cookies to unintended web sites, via a crafted (1) http or (2) https URL.

  • LOW
  • NETWORK
  • NONE
  • NONE
  • PARTIAL
  • NONE

CWE-200 - Information Exposure

An information exposure vulnerability is categorized as an information flow (IF) weakness, which can potentially allow unauthorized access to otherwise classified information in the application, such as confidential personal information (demographics, financials, health records, etc.), business secrets, and the application's internal environment.

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Advisory Timeline

  • Published