CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8832
4.9 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-01-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 4.9 MEDIUM — AV:L/AC:L/Au:N/C:C/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
The indexing functionality in Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 writes memory contents to an external hard drive, which allows local users to obtain sensitive information by reading from this drive.
Affected configurations
• apple mac os x (<= 10.10.1)
Related
Weakness · CWE (1)
- CWE-200 Exposure of Sensitive Information to an Unauthorized Actor weakness
References
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100528 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 www.securitytracker.com
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100528 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com