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.

Score

CVSS 2.0 4.9 Medium

Status

Modified - product-security@apple.com

Published

2015-01-30

Last modified

2024-08-06

Weaknesses

CWE-200

Affected products

• Mac Os X (Apple)

References

• http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html
• http://support.apple.com/HT204244
• http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650
• https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100528