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CVE-2012-3718

13
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3718 describes a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X before 10.7.5 and 10.8.x before 10.8.2, allowing a local attacker to read passwords entered into the Login Window or Screen Saver Unlock by installing a malicious input method. This is a low-severity vulnerability with a CVSS score of 2.1, indicating a local attack vector with low complexity and a potential impact of partial confidentiality. There is no evidence of active exploitation, publicly available exploit code (Metasploit, Nuclei, ExploitDB), or significant community discussion or media coverage surrounding this CVE.

Impacted Technologies

VendorProductVersion(s)CPE
<= 10.7.4CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:*
10.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria
cpe:2.3:o:apple:mac_os_x:10.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:*

CVSS Data

CVSS version used by this source: 2.0

2.1LOW

AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
LOCAL
Access Complexity
LOW
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
3.9
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
0.31%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
23.0%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-25
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0031 is in the 8th percentile among its peer group of 2,096 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.6 GitHub mentions.

Media 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.

Remediation

Vendor Patches (1)

applevendor investigatingvia nvd_reference
View patch

References

lists.apple.com / archives/security-announce/2012/Sep/msg00004.html
Vendor Advisory
osvdb.org / 85647
support.apple.com / kb/HT5501
Vendor Advisory