PT-2015-4098 · Apple · Os X

David J Peacock · Published 2015-01-30 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-8832

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

4.9

Medium

Base vector

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

Name of the Vulnerable Software and Affected Versions Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2

Description The indexing functionality in Spotlight writes memory contents to an external hard drive, allowing local users to obtain sensitive information by reading from this drive.

Recommendations For Apple OS X versions prior to 10.10.2, update to version 10.10.2 or later to resolve the issue.

Fix

Information Disclosure

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-200

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8832

Affected Products

Os X

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8832 · Security Note
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244 · Vendor Advisory
• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html · Vendor Advisory
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100528 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031650 · Note