PT-2014-5915 · Apple · Spotlight+3

Ashkan Soltani · Published 2014-11-18 · Updated 2017-08-29 · CVE-2014-4453

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

5.0

Medium

Base vector

AV:N/AC:L/Au:N/C:P/I:N/A:N

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple iOS versions prior to 8.1.1 Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.1

Description The issue allows remote attackers to obtain sensitive information via unspecified vectors, as location data is included during the establishment of a Spotlight Suggestions server connection by Spotlight or Safari.

Recommendations For Apple iOS versions prior to 8.1.1, update to version 8.1.1 or later to resolve the issue. For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.1, update to version 10.10.1 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-4453

Affected Products

Os X

Safari

Spotlight

Ios

References · 12

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-4453 · Security Note
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00000.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6591 · Vendor Advisory
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT6590 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2014/Nov/msg00001.html · Vendor Advisory
• http://securityfocus.com/bid/71135 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62504 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204418 · Note
• http://secunia.com/advisories/62503 · Note
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/98782 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031230 · Note
• https://support.apple.com/en-us/HT204419 · Note