CVE-2012-3742 describes a spoofing vulnerability in Apple iOS Safari versions prior to 6. This flaw allows remote attackers to display a misleading "https" lock indicator in the browser's title bar by leveraging a specific Unicode character. With a CVSS score of 5.0, this vulnerability is of medium severity, requiring no authentication and having a low attack complexity, with the primary impact being integrity compromise (spoofing). There is no evidence of active exploitation, nor are there known public exploit tools like Metasploit or Nuclei, and it has received minimal community discussion or media coverage.
| Vendor | Product | Version(s) | CPE |
|---|---|---|---|
<= 5.1.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:*:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.1CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.1:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.0.2CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.0.2:*:*:*:*:*:*:* | ||
1.1.0CPE matchmatch criteria | cpe:2.3:o:apple:iphone_os:1.1.0:*:*:*:*:*:*:* |
CVSS version used by this source: 2.0
AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:N/I:P/A:N
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