Vulnerabilities > CVE-2012-3746 - Cryptographic Issues vulnerability in Apple Iphone OS
Attack vector
NETWORK Attack complexity
MEDIUM Privileges required
NONE Confidentiality impact
PARTIAL Integrity impact
NONE Availability impact
NONE Summary
UIWebView in UIKit in Apple iOS before 6 does not properly use the Data Protection feature, which allows context-dependent attackers to obtain cleartext file content by leveraging direct access to a device's filesystem.
Vulnerable Configurations
Common Weakness Enumeration (CWE)
Common Attack Pattern Enumeration and Classification (CAPEC)
- Signature Spoofing by Key Recreation An attacker obtains an authoritative or reputable signer's private signature key by exploiting a cryptographic weakness in the signature algorithm or pseudorandom number generation and then uses this key to forge signatures from the original signer to mislead a victim into performing actions that benefit the attacker.