PT-2015-4099 · Apple · Os X

David J Peacock · Published 2015-01-30 · Updated 2017-09-08 · CVE-2014-8833

Positive Technologies (AI Summary)

CVSS v2.0

2.1

Low

Base vector

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

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

Description The issue is related to the SpotlightIndex in Apple OS X, where it does not properly perform deserialization during access to a permission cache. This allows local users to read search results associated with other users' protected files via a Spotlight query.

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

Fix

Improper Access Control

Weakness Enumeration

CWE-284

Related Identifiers

CVE-2014-8833

Affected Products

Os X

References · 5

• https://nvd.nist.gov/vuln/detail/CVE-2014-8833 · 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/100529 · Note
• http://securitytracker.com/id/1031650 · Note