CVE-2012-3732 (GCVE-0-2012-3732)

Vulnerability from cvelistv5 – Published: 2012-09-20 21:00 – Updated: 2024-08-06 20:13
VLAI
Summary
Mail in Apple iOS before 6 uses an S/MIME message's From address as the displayed sender address, which allows remote attackers to spoof signed content via an e-mail message in which the From field does not match the signer's identity.
Severity
No CVSS data available.
CWE
  • n/a
Assigner
apple CNA under the mitre root
CNA scorecard E 37/100 over 619 records in the last 180 days details
References
URL Tags
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilit… vdb-entryx_refsource_XF
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce… vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLE
http://osvdb.org/85625 vdb-entryx_refsource_OSVDB
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5503 x_refsource_CONFIRM
Date Public
2012-09-19 00:00
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