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CVE-2014-8833

SpotlightIndex in Apple OS X before 10.10.2 does not properly perform deserialization during access to a permission cache, which allows local users to read search results associated with other users' protected files via a Spotlight query.

Published

2015-01-30T11:59:43.000

Last Modified

2025-04-12T10:46:40.837

Status

Deferred

Source

[email protected]

Severity

CVSSv2: 2.1 (LOW)

CVSSv2 Vector

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

Access Vector: LOCAL
Access Complexity: LOW
Authentication: NONE
Confidentiality Impact: PARTIAL
Integrity Impact: NONE
Availability Impact: NONE

Exploitability Score

3.9

Impact Score

2.9

Weaknesses

Type: Primary
CWE-284

Affected Vendors & Products

Type	Vendor	Product	Version/Range	Vulnerable?
Operating System	apple	mac_os_x	≤ 10.10.1	Yes

References

http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory ([email protected])
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 ([email protected])
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100529 ([email protected])
http://lists.apple.com/archives/security-announce/2015/Jan/msg00003.html Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://support.apple.com/HT204244 Vendor Advisory (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
http://www.securitytracker.com/id/1031650 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)
https://exchange.xforce.ibmcloud.com/vulnerabilities/100529 (af854a3a-2127-422b-91ae-364da2661108)