CVE-2011-3429
low
CVSS v3
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CVSS v4 NEW
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VIR risk
2.1
Description
The Settings component in Apple iOS before 5 stores a cleartext parental-restrictions passcode in an unspecified file, which might allow physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading this file.
Predictions
Exploit likelihood
20%
Patch ETA
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Heuristic predictions, AS-IS, for prioritization only.
Mitigations
No mitigations published for this CVE yet.
The vendor-content worker queues fetches as references arrive (check back in a few minutes). Or — if you've already worked around this in production — publish your fix to the community-verified tier.
✚ Propose a mitigation on Community → Mitigations published via the community go through AI scoring + 2 human reviewers + 7-day silent objection window before landing here withsource_tier=community-verified.
OS impact
macOS Affected 19 releases
| Version | Status | Fixed in |
|---|---|---|
| 4.3.5 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.3 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.2 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.3.0 | Affected | — |
| 4.2.8 | Affected | — |
| 4.2.5 | Affected | — |
| 4.2.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.0.2 | Affected | — |
| 4.0.1 | Affected | — |
| 4.0 | Affected | — |
| 3.2.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.2.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.1.3 | Affected | — |
| 3.1.2 | Affected | — |
| 3.1 | Affected | — |
| 3.0 | Affected | — |
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/76331
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70559
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html
- http://osvdb.org/76331
- http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/70559
CWEs
CWE-255
Community-verified mitigations for this CVE will appear above when contributors publish them.
Verify integrity in audit chain (admin only). AS-IS.