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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2011-3253

Low
2.6/10

Summary

CalDAV in Apple iOS before 5 does not validate X.509 certificates for SSL sessions, which allows man-in-the-middle attackers to spoof calendar servers and obtain sensitive information via an arbitrary certificate.

  • HIGH
  • 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