Information disclosure in Apple Mac OS X
CVE-2014-8832
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.
Vulnerability class: Information Disclosure
EPSS: 0.004 (27.7th percentile) — read the EPSS interpretation.
Affected products
- Apple Mac_os_x
- N/a — versions n/a
Weakness classification (CWE)
References
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_XF)
- product-security@apple.com (vdb-entry, x_refsource_SECTRACK)
- product-security@apple.com (x_refsource_CONFIRM, Vendor Advisory)
- product-security@apple.com (vendor-advisory, x_refsource_APPLE, Vendor Advisory)