National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3212

Overview

CoreStorage in Apple Mac OS X 10.7 before 10.7.2 does not ensure that all disk data is encrypted during the enabling of FileVault, which makes it easier for physically proximate attackers to obtain sensitive information by reading directly from the disk device.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: BID

Name: 50085

Hyperlink:http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/50085

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5281

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5002

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 76362

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/76362

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2012-05-09-1

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/May/msg00001.html

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-3

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00003.html