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CVE-2012-5624· NVD / CVE Program· CNA redhat

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 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.

MediumCVSS 4.3 · v2.0—No exploit No fix recorded
Published
Feb 24, 2013
Updated
Jun 16, 2026
EPSS
1.9% · 79th percentile
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Action score

18

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CVSS
17 / 40 · 4.3 / 10
CISA KEV
0 / 30 · Not listed
EPSS
1 / 30 · 1.9%

Affected systems

VendorProduct
qtqt
digiaqt
canonicalubuntu linux

Affected versions

NVD version ranges (for catalog products). Add the product to your stack with a version and matching uses these.

  • canonical ubuntu linux10.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux11.10
  • canonical ubuntu linux12.04
  • canonical ubuntu linux12.10
  • digia qtup to 4.8.3 inclusive
  • qt qt1.41
  • qt qt1.42
  • qt qt1.43
  • qt qt1.44
  • qt qt1.45
  • qt qt2.0.0
  • qt qt2.0.1
  • qt qt2.0.2
  • qt qt3.3.0
  • qt qt3.3.1
  • qt qt3.3.2
  • qt qt3.3.3
  • qt qt3.3.4
  • qt qt3.3.5
  • qt qt3.3.6

Same product

qt: all records

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Remediation

Which version to upgrade to

Fix versions compiled from the vendor, package registries and Microsoft. Verify the vendor's note before upgrading.

No fix version is recorded for this entry. Check the references for vendor advisories.

Exploit status

No known public exploit

No public exploit has been observed yet. That doesn't mean you're safe, only that the bar is a little higher.

Research context

For pentesters and researchers: attack profile, score disagreement, timeline, patch commits, credits, variant and chain candidates, bug bounty scope. All derived from existing data; no exploit code.

Timeline

From publication to today: proof of concept, Metasploit module, CISA KEV and fix record. Dates are as reported by the sources.

No dated events beyond publication.

EPSS, last 120 days

FIRST EPSS daily score; only changes of 0.01 or more are recorded (step chart).

Patch and commit links

Commit, PR and diff links among the references. A starting point for patch-diffing and variant hunting; fixes, not exploits.

Credits

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Variant candidates

Same product, same weakness class, within 18 months. If the patch missed the root cause, the sibling bug is here.

No nightly-computed relations.

Chain candidates

An authentication bypass and a privilege-requiring bug in the same product, published close together: combined they may become an unauthenticated path.

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Bug bounty scope

No known public program.

Source: bounty-targets-data (public HackerOne, Bugcrowd, Intigriti, YesWeHack listings).

Technical details

Attack conditions

    If successful

    Confidentiality
    P · data can be read
    Integrity
    none
    Availability
    none
    Attack complexity
    M
    Confidentiality impact
    P
    Integrity impact
    None
    Availability impact
    None

    Weakness class (CWE)

    CWE-200 · Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor

    CVSS vector

    AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

    nvd-primary

    Root cause

    The extension requests broader permissions than its function needs and sends the data it collects out for purposes beyond its stated function.

    The bug in code

    The whole CWE-200 class

    A representative example of this vulnerability class. Not the vendor's source code; it shows the faulty pattern and its fix.

    Vulnerable

    json
    {  "permissions": ["tabs", "<all_urls>"],  "background": { "service_worker": "analytics.js" }}

    Fixed

    json
    {  "permissions": ["activeTab"],  "host_permissions": ["https://yildiz.example/*"]}

    Attack context

    MITRE CAPEC attack patterns and ATT&CK techniques for this weakness class (CWE). A starting point for detection rules and threat hunting.

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    Change log

    No changes recorded on tracked fields yet. Score, KEV, exploit maturity and fix status changes appear here.

    References

    Vendor advisories and official records. Exploit/PoC links are deliberately left out.

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