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CVE-2012-3746

• Severity: medium (CVSS 4.3 v2.0)
• Exploited in the wild: not listed in CISA KEV
• EPSS: 1.0% probability of exploitation in the next 30 days
• Public exploit or detection template: none known
• Published: 2012-09-20 · updated 2026-06-16
• Weakness: CWE-310

Description

UIWebView in UIKit in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly use the Data Protection feature, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext file content by leveraging direct access to a device's filesystem.

Affected products

• Apple Iphone Os: through 5.1.1; 1.0.0, 1.0.1, 1.0.2, 1.1.0, 1.1.1, 1.1.2 (+33)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
• http://osvdb.org/85633
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78706
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00003.html
• http://osvdb.org/85633
• http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/78706

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