{"id":17421,"date":"2013-09-05T10:16:58","date_gmt":"2013-09-05T17:16:58","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/?p=17421"},"modified":"2016-10-06T12:20:37","modified_gmt":"2016-10-06T19:20:37","slug":"proof-of-concept-released-for-patched-safari-vulnerability","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/proof-of-concept-released-for-patched-safari-vulnerability\/","title":{"rendered":"Proof of Concept Released for Patched Safari Vulnerability"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-icon.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"aligncenter size-full wp-image-8967\" src=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-icon.jpg\" alt=\"safari-icon\" width=\"400\" height=\"260\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-icon.jpg 400w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-icon-150x97.jpg 150w, https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2012\/11\/safari-icon-300x195.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 400px) 100vw, 400px\" \/><\/a><\/p>\n<p>Last week brought us a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/java-and-sudo-exploits-added-to-popular-toolkits\/\" target=\"_blank\">couple of important exploits<\/a> being added to popular hacking toolkits, and this week brings us public <a href=\"http:\/\/packetstormsecurity.com\/files\/123089\/Packet-Storm-Advisory-2013-0903-1-Apple-Safari-Heap-Buffer-Overflow.html\" target=\"_blank\">proof of concept code<\/a> for yet another exploit. This one has to do with a Safari vulnerability, <a href=\"http:\/\/cve.mitre.org\/cgi-bin\/cvename.cgi?name=CVE-2012-3748\" target=\"_blank\">CVE-2012-3748<\/a>, which was <a href=\"https:\/\/www.intego.com\/mac-security-blog\/safari-update-fixes-security-flaws\/\" target=\"_blank\">patched in November of 2012<\/a>. This exploit specifically affects users of Safari version 6.0.1 and earlier, users of iOS 6, and users of OS X 10.7 and 10.8.<\/p>\n<p>For those of you that keep your software updated, this is not such a big deal. For those of you who&#8217;ve not yet updated, this is definitely more of a concern. There are no reports yet of this exploit code having been used in the wild, but this development significantly increases future risk. If you can update, now is the time!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Last week brought us a couple of important exploits being added to popular hacking toolkits, and this week brings us public proof of concept code for yet another exploit. This one has to do with a Safari vulnerability, CVE-2012-3748, which was patched in November of 2012. 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