Information disclosure in macOS and macOS Server - CVE-2011-3447
Published: February 2, 2012 / Updated: August 11, 2020
Vulnerability identifier: #VU44331
CSH Severity: Medium
CVSS v4.0: CVSS:4.0/AV:N/AC:L/AT:N/PR:N/UI:N/VC:L/VI:N/VA:N/SC:N/SI:N/SA:N/E:U/U:Green
CVE-ID: CVE-2011-3447
CWE-ID: CWE-200
Exploitation vector: Remote access
Exploit availability:
No public exploit available
Vendor: Apple Inc.
Affected software:
macOS
macOS Server
macOS
macOS Server
Detailed vulnerability description
The vulnerability allows a remote non-authenticated attacker to gain access to sensitive information.
CFNetwork in Apple Mac OS X 10.7.x before 10.7.3 does not properly construct request headers during parsing of URLs, which allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via a malformed URL.
How to mitigate CVE-2011-3447
Install update from vendor's website.