CVE-2012-3697

Severity: high (CVSS 7.1 v2.0)
Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
EPSS: 1.8% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
Public exploit or detection template: none known
Published: 2012-07-25 · updated 2026-06-16
Weakness: CWE-264

Description

WebKit in Apple Safari before 6.0 does not properly handle file: URLs, which allows remote attackers to bypass intended sandbox restrictions and read arbitrary files by leveraging a WebProcess compromise.

Affected products

Apple Safari: through 5.1.7; 1.0, 1.0-beta, 1.0-beta2, 1.0.0, 1.0.0b1, 1.0.0b2 (+82)

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Jul/msg00000.html
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5400

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