01 Record
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
UnratedPUBLISHEDCNA: redhat
CNA base scoreUnratedNo CNA CVSS vector
02 Description
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
03 Exploitation and scoring
- Exploitation
- Not assessed. CISA has not published an exploitation assessment for this record, and it is not in the KEV catalog. That is an absence of assessment, not a finding of no risk.
- SSVC decision
- Not assessed by CISA
- EPSS probability
- 1.93% probability of exploitation activity in the next 30 days.
- EPSS percentile
- Equal to or higher than the score of 79.9% of scored records. A rank, not a probability.
- NVD base score
- The NVD has published no score for this record
- NVD CVSS vector
- No NVD score to derive
- NVD analysis status
- Modified. NVD last modified this record on 2026-06-16.
- Red Hat severity
- Low. Red Hat's rating for its own products, not a CVSS rating.
Exploit-prediction scores from FIRST. Independent scoring and analysis status from the NVD. Vendor severity from Red Hat. Exploitation assessment and catalog membership from CISA.
04 Metadata
- Published
- 2013-02-24 19:00Z13 YR AGO
- Last updated
- 2024-09-16 18:45Z2 YR AGO
- Reserved
- 2012-10-24
- Assigning CNA
- redhat
- Record state
- PUBLISHED
- Severity
- Not rated by the issuing CNA
- CNA CVSS vector
- Not published by the issuing CNA
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized ActorClass
- Data version
- 5.1
- Document digest
- 490d98c5e502bd0efeb701f62a8c04999bab3d642a4c7de56a6364c77dc527ce
05 Affected products
VendorProductVersionsPlatforms
06 References
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0157http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00048.html
- www.ubuntu.comUSN-1723-1http://www.ubuntu.com/usn/USN-1723-1
- secunia.com52217http://secunia.com/advisories/52217
- qt.gitorious.orghttp://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71
- www.openwall.com[oss-security] 20121204 Re: CVE Request -- Qt (x < 4.8.4): QML XmlHttpRequest insecure redirectionhttp://www.openwall.com/lists/oss-security/2012/12/04/8
- codereview.qt-project.orghttps://codereview.qt-project.org/#change%2C40034
- lists.qt-project.org[Announce] 20121130 Qt Project Security Advisory: QML XmlHttpRequest Insecure Redirectionhttp://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/000014.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0154http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00045.html
- lists.opensuse.orgopenSUSE-SU-2013:0143http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00034.html
- bugzilla.redhat.comhttps://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=883415