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Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

CVE-2012-0651

Medium
5/10

Summary

The directory server in Directory Service in Apple Mac OS X 10.6.8 allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information from process memory via a crafted message.

  • 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