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CVE-2012-5624 Detail

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.


Evaluator Description

Per http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1/ A security issue affects these releases of Ubuntu and its derivatives: Ubuntu 12.10 Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ubuntu 11.10 Ubuntu 10.04 LTS

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Hyperlink Resource
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://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

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-ID CWE Name Source
CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor cwe source acceptance level NIST  

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Change History

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Quick Info

CVE Dictionary Entry:
CVE-2012-5624
NVD Published Date:
02/24/2013
NVD Last Modified:
11/06/2023
Source:
Red Hat, Inc.