Information disclosure in Digia Qt
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.019 (78.0th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Digia Qt
- Qt — versions 1.41, 1.42, 1.43
- Canonical Ubuntu_linux — versions 10.04, 11.10, 12.04
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
Public proof-of-concept exploits
References
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_UBUNTU, vendor-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_SECUNIA, Vendor Advisory, third-party-advisory)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM)
- secalert@redhat.com (mailing-list, x_refsource_MLIST)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_SUSE)
- secalert@redhat.com (x_refsource_MISC)
Frequently asked questions
- What is CVE-2012-5624?
- CVE-2012-5624 is a vulnerability in Digia Qt, classified under Information Disclosure. Published 2013-02-24.
- Is CVE-2012-5624 known to be exploited?
- 1 public proof-of-concept repositories are indexed. Not currently listed in the CISA KEV catalog.