CVE-2012-0681

Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.7% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-08-22 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-310

Description

Apple Remote Desktop before 3.6.1 does not recognize the "Encrypt all network data" setting during connections to third-party VNC servers, which allows remote attackers to obtain cleartext VNC session content by sniffing the network.

Affected products

Apple Remote Desktop: 3.5.2, 3.5.3, 3.6.0

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Aug/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5433
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55100
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Aug/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5433
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55100

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