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CVE-2012-3720

17
FAUCET Score

CVE-2012-3720 describes a vulnerability in Apple Mac OS X versions prior to 10.7.5 and 10.8.2. Mobile Accounts in these systems improperly saved password hashes for external accounts, even when external accounts were disabled, potentially allowing remote attackers to discover passwords through unspecified access to a mobile account. The vulnerability has a CVSS score of 4.3, indicating a medium attack complexity and partial confidentiality impact, but no integrity or availability impact. 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

4.3MEDIUM

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

Confidentiality Impact
PARTIAL
Integrity Impact
NONE
Availability Impact
NONE
Access Vector
NETWORK
Access Complexity
MEDIUM
Authentication
NONE
Exploitability Score
8.6
Impact Score
2.9
CvssVersion
2.0

Exploit Intelligence

EPSS Score
1.44%
Probability of exploitation in next 30 days
EPSS Percentile
70.4%
Percentile rank of EPSS score among Peer Group
As of 2026-07-27
Model: v2026.06.15
This CVE's current EPSS score of 0.0144 is in the 42nd percentile among its peer group of 19,955 CVEs.

Social Chatter

The average CVE in this peer group has 0.0 Twitter, 0.0 Reddit, 0.0 Bluesky, 0.0 Mastodon, and 0.2 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
support.apple.com / kb/HT5501
Vendor Advisory