CVEvulnerability
CVE-2014-8839
5.0 MEDIUM
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- Status
- Modified
- Published
- 2015-01-30
- Last modified
- 2026-06-17
- Assigner
- [email protected]
- CVSS 2.0 ([email protected])
- 5.0 MEDIUM — AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N
- Weaknesses
- CWE-200
Description
Spotlight in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not enforce the Mail "Load remote content in messages" configuration, which allows remote attackers to discover recipient IP addresses by including an inline image in an HTML e-mail message and logging HTTP requests for this image's URL.
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://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutzpanne-in-Mac-OS-X-Yosemite-2514198.html heise.de
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id/1031521 securitytracker.com
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/ www.theregister.co.uk
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100527 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com
- http://heise.de/newsticker/meldung/Datenschutzpanne-in-Mac-OS-X-Yosemite-2514198.html heise.de
- http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory
- http://securitytracker.com/id/1031521 securitytracker.com
- http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory
- http://www.theregister.co.uk/2015/01/10/spotlight_caught_spreading_your_delicates/ www.theregister.co.uk
- https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100527 exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com