National Cyber Awareness System

Vulnerability Summary for CVE-2011-3257

Overview

The Data Access component in Apple iOS before 5 does not properly handle the existence of multiple user accounts on the same mail server, which allows local users to bypass intended access restrictions in opportunistic circumstances by leveraging a different account's cookie.

Impact

CVSS Severity (version 2.0):

CVSS Version 2 Metrics:

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External Source: XF

Name: appleios-data-access-info-disc(70553)

Hyperlink:http://xforce.iss.net/xforce/xfdb/70553

External Source: CONFIRM

Name: http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://support.apple.com/kb/HT4999

External Source: OSVDB

Name: 76325

Hyperlink:http://osvdb.org/76325

External Source: APPLE

Name: APPLE-SA-2011-10-12-1

Type: Advisory

Hyperlink:http://lists.apple.com/archives/Security-announce/2011//Oct/msg00001.html