CVE-2012-0679 describes a vulnerability in Apple Safari versions prior to 6.0, allowing remote attackers to read arbitrary local files through the use of a specially crafted feed:// URL. With a CVSS score of 4.3, this vulnerability is considered medium severity, requiring medium attack complexity (AC:M) but not requiring authentication (Au:N), and primarily impacts confidentiality (C:P) without affecting integrity or availability. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code in common repositories like Metasploit or ExploitDB, nor significant community discussion or media coverage, suggesting it is not widely targeted.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.7CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0:beta:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0:beta2:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:a:apple:safari:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 GitHub mentions.
No media coverage found for this CVE.
The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 InfoSec Media, 0.0 Vendor Blog, and 0.0 Security Researcher mentions.