VulnerabilityModified
CVE-2012-5624
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.
MEDIUM 4.3EPSS 1.94%
Does this matter?
Lower severity and a low EPSS score (1.94%). Track it; it rarely justifies an emergency change on its own.
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.
- CVSS 2.0
- 4.3 MEDIUMAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- EPSS
- 1.94% probability · 79th percentile
- CISA KEV
- Not listed
- Weakness
- CWE-200
- Affected
- digia/qt · qt/qt · canonical/ubuntu linux
- Source
- secalert@redhat.com
References
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/52217Vendor Advisory
- 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
- 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://secunia.com/advisories/52217Vendor Advisory
- 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
Source: NVD record, EPSS from FIRST.org, KEV from CISA. Refreshed daily.