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 sensitive information via a file: URL to a QML application.
- EPSS
- 1.9% chance of exploitation in the next 30 days; higher than 80% of CVEs (scores of 2026-10-31)
- CWE
- CWE-200
- Published
- Modified
- Record from
- the NVD, synced
Affected
- canonical:ubuntu_linux
- digia:qt
- qt:qt
References
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00034.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00045.html
- http://lists.opensuse.org/opensuse-updates/2013-01/msg00048.html
- http://lists.qt-project.org/pipermail/announce/2012-November/000014.html
- http://qt.gitorious.org/qt/qt/commit/96311def2466dd44de64d77a1c815b22fbf68f71