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CVE-2012-4672
Apple iChat Server does not verify that a request was made for an XMPP Server Dialback response, which allows remote XMPP servers to spoof…
Medium5.8EPSS 0.83%
- Published
- Updated
- Reserved
- Assigned by
- mitre
Description
Apple iChat Server does not verify that a request was made for an XMPP Server Dialback response, which allows remote XMPP servers to spoof domains via responses for domains that were not asserted.
Timeline
ID reserved
By mitre
Published
- 12 years later
· 12 years later
Record updated
Changes after publication (a new score, a public exploit, EPSS crossing 1, 10 or 50 %, leaving KEV) are kept since November 2026; earlier ones are not known.
Scores
| Scored by | CVSS | Score | Vector |
|---|---|---|---|
| NVDNVD · Modified | 2.0 | Medium5.8 | AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:P/A:N |
- EPSS (exploitation in 30 days)
- 0.83% · top 42% of all CVEs (8 Nov 2026)
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The list uses the assigner's score when there is one, then CISA's, then NVD's: Medium 5.8.
Weakness
Affected products
n/a
- affected n/a
References (2)
- ichat-xmpp-spoofing(78133) (opens in a new tab)vdb-entryx_refsource_XFx_transferred
- http://xmpp.org/resources/security-notices/server-dialback/ (opens in a new tab)x_refsource_MISCx_transferred
Sources
The same CVE in the primary databases and aggregators, to check against.
- CVE.org record (opens in a new tab)
- CVE List JSON (GitHub) (opens in a new tab)
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- FIRST EPSS (opens in a new tab)
- OSV.dev (opens in a new tab)
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- CIRCL Vulnerability-Lookup (opens in a new tab)
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