CVE-2012-0681 — 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

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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

Published Aug 22, 2012

4.3

MEDIUM

CVSS 2.0

EPSS 1.71%

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.

Affected products

Remediation

No remediation recorded yet.

Metrics

1.71% 0.01711

Estimated probability of exploitation in the wild in the next 30 days (FIRST EPSS). As of Oct 1, 2026.

EPSS probability 0.01711

Score over time

2022–2026

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Percentile over time

EPSS v2
EPSS v3
EPSS v4
EPSS v5

Table of values (10 key points)

Flat stretches are collapsed; showing up to 120 newest points.

Date	Score	Percentile	Model
Oct 1, 2026	1.71% (0.01711)	76.52th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Jun 15, 2026	1.71% (0.01711)	74.30th	v5 (v2026.06.15)
Mar 17, 2025	0.49% (0.00493)	63.62th	v4 (v2025.03.14)
Dec 12, 2024	0.21% (0.00215)	60.44th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Jun 13, 2024	0.21% (0.00215)	59.73th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 7, 2023	0.21% (0.00215)	57.72th	v3 (v2023.03.01)
Mar 6, 2023	1.14% (0.01136)	59.45th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Oct 18, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	58.28th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Apr 1, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	56.27th	v2 (v2022.01.01)
Feb 4, 2022	1.14% (0.01136)	34.23th	v2 (v2022.01.01)

Weaknesses (1)

CWE-310

References (3)

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Aug/msg00000.html
vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5433
x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55100
vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Link	Providers	Tags
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2012/Aug/msg00000.html		vendor-advisoryx_refsource_APPLEVendor Advisory
http://support.apple.com/kb/HT5433		x_refsource_CONFIRMVendor Advisory
http://www.securityfocus.com/bid/55100		vdb-entryx_refsource_BID

Change history (0)

No recorded changes yet.

Sources

CVE.org / MITRE

Status PUBLISHED

Assigner apple

Published Aug 22, 2012

Updated Aug 6, 2024

Reserved Jan 12, 2012

Link CVE-2012-0681

CISA Vulnrichment

Updated n/a

NVD

Status Modified

Modified Jun 16, 2026

Link CVE-2012-0681

Red Hat

Severity n/a

Public date n/a

Links CVE-2012-0681