CVE-2012-0681

MEDIUM 4.3CVE-2012-0681 · Published 22/08/2012 · updated 16/06/2026

In short

CVE-2012-0681 is a MEDIUM (CVSS 4.3) vulnerability affecting apple remote desktop (apple).
Chance of exploitation in the next 30 days (EPSS): 1.7%, higher than 77.4% of all vulnerabilities.
No patched version is listed yet: follow the vendor's advisory in References.

Package	Affected versions	Patched versions
apple remote desktop apple	`= 3.5.2= 3.5.3= 3.6.0`	No fix yet

Description

Apple Remote Desktop before 3.6.1 does not recognize the "Encrypt all network data" setting during connections to third-party VNC servers, which allows remote attackers to obtain cleartext VNC session content by sniffing the network.

References

lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Aug/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
support.apple.com/kb/HT5433 · Vendor Advisory
securityfocus.com/bid/55100

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apple remote desktop

apple

= 3.5.2= 3.5.3= 3.6.0

No fix yet

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