# CVE-2012-4846: Information disclosure in n/a

> Remote attackers can steal sensitive session cookies via script access because the HTTPOnly flag is missing, requiring user interaction to exploit.

- **Severity:** Medium 4.3 (`AV:N/AC:M/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N`)
- **Exploited in the wild:** Not known
- **Login needed:** Any signed-in user
- **Attackable:** Over the internet
- **Victim action needed:** A user has to click or open something
- **Fix available:** No
- **Published:** 19 Dec 2012
- **Updated:** 6 Aug 2024
- **Also known as:** GHSA-g39h-q25h-8r2q

## What is CVE-2012-4846?

CVE-2012-4846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Notes, published on 19 Dec 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.

### Official description

IBM Lotus Notes 8.5.x before 8.5.3 FP3 does not include the HTTPOnly flag in a Set-Cookie header for a web-application cookie, which makes it easier for remote attackers to obtain potentially sensitive information via script access to this cookie, aka SPRs JMAS7TRNLN and SRAO8U3Q68.

Weakness: CWE-200 (Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor)

## Which versions are affected by CVE-2012-4846?

It affects 1 product.


Products: Ibm Lotus Notes.

## How do I fix CVE-2012-4846?

No fix has been published for CVE-2012-4846 yet. Limit exposure of the affected software until one is available.

## Is CVE-2012-4846 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

## Other vulnerabilities in Ibm Lotus Notes

- [CVE-2010-1608](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2010-1608/): Memory corruption in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2009-3032](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2009-3032/): Integer overflow in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-2281](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-2281/): Other in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2004-0480](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2004-0480/): Command injection in n/a (critical 10.0)
- [CVE-2012-2174](https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-2174/): Code injection in n/a (critical 9.3)

## Fix prompt for AI coding agents

```text
Check this codebase for CVE-2012-4846 and fix it if it is affected.

What it is: CVE-2012-4846 is a medium-severity vulnerability in Ibm Lotus Notes, published on 19 Dec 2012. Any signed-in user can exploit it over the network, and only if a user opens a file or follows a link.
Exploitation: There is no known exploitation of CVE-2012-4846 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Affected product: Ibm Lotus Notes. No package-level version data is available, so check the vendor advisory linked from the reference page.

Task:
1. Search the dependency manifests and lockfiles (for example package.json, package-lock.json, requirements.txt, poetry.lock, uv.lock, pom.xml, build.gradle, go.mod, Cargo.lock, Gemfile.lock) and any Dockerfiles for the affected packages, including transitive dependencies.
2. If an affected version is in use, upgrade it to the fixed version for its release line with the project's package manager, so the lockfile is regenerated. Prefer the smallest upgrade that fixes it.
3. If there is no fix, or the upgrade would break the build, do not guess: explain the risk and the safest workaround instead.
4. Run the tests and summarise what changed and why.
5. If nothing in the project is affected, say so and change nothing.

Reference: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4846/ (Markdown: https://insights.sbomify.com/CVE-2012-4846/index.md)
```

## Sources

- CVE record: https://www.cve.org/CVERecord?id=CVE-2012-4846
- NVD: https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2012-4846
- OSV: https://osv.dev/vulnerability/CVE-2012-4846

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