Upstream information

CVE-2012-5624 at MITRE

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 sensitive information via a file: URL to a QML application.

SUSE information

Overall state of this security issue: Resolved

This issue is currently not rated by SUSE as it is not affecting the SUSE Enterprise products.

CVSS v2 Scores
CVSS detail National Vulnerability Database
Base Score 4.3
Vector AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
Access Vector Network
Access Complexity Medium
Authentication None
Confidentiality Impact Partial
Integrity Impact None
Availability Impact None
SUSE Bugzilla entry: 793194 [RESOLVED / FIXED]

SUSE Security Advisories:

    openSUSE-SU-2013:0143-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0154-1 openSUSE-SU-2013:0157-1

SUSE Timeline for this CVE

CVE page created: Tue Jul 9 19:40:23 2013
CVE page last modified: Sat May 9 11:26:39 2026