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CVE-2012-3713

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents,...

4.3 Medium

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging the presence of a downloaded document.

Exploit likelihood

1.73%Up 0.5 points since Feb 4, 2022
90%50%10%1%

What each source reports

NVD Score used 4.3

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging the presence of a downloaded document.

Record
CVE-2012-3713
CVSS 2.0
4.3 MediumAV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Weakness
CWE-264
Updated
2026-11-02
CVE List No score

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging the presence of a downloaded document.

Record
CVE-2012-3713
Updated
2026-11-02
EUVDEUVD-2012-3660 No score

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging the presence of a downloaded document.

Record
EUVD-2012-3660
Updated
2026-11-03
GitHub AdvisoriesGHSA-f9pm-2gc4-v2g5 No score

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents,...

Apple Safari before 6.0.1 does not properly handle the Quarantine attribute of HTML documents, which allows user-assisted remote attackers to read arbitrary files by leveraging the presence of a downloaded document.

Record
GHSA-f9pm-2gc4-v2g5
Updated
2026-11-02

Affected products

History

History
RecordedChangedSources
aliasesEUVD
first indexedCVE List, GitHub Advisories, NVD

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In short

CVE-2012-3713 is a medium vulnerability (CVSS 4.3) in Apple Safari, published September 20, 2012. No source lists public exploit code. EPSS puts the chance of exploitation in the next 30 days at 1.73%, the 77th percentile. No source names a fixed version.

References

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